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Should Vaccines be Mandatory?
The characteristic red spotty rash that covers the body from head to toe with accompanying fever has afflicted millions, decimating populations around the world. Physicians as early as the ninth century identified this rash as Rubeola or more commonly known as Measles and has continue to be a scourge throughout time. Individuals with a suppressed or undeveloped immune response have difficulty resisting the virus as it progresses into pneumonia or encephalitis (swelling of the brain). In the past Measles like other diseases hopped across the oceans with explores and traders. Native Americans and Pacific Islanders with no natural immunity were reduced by some estimates by 95%. During the 20th Century, virtually

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