Measles: A Dangerous Illness
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Measles: A Dangerous Illness
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"Measles: A Dangerous Illness" is an open letter written by the children's writer Roald Dahl in 1986 in response to ongoing cases of measles in the United Kingdom at that time despite the introduction of an effective measles vaccine in 1968. Dahl, whose daughter Olivia died in 1962 from measles, told his doctor Tom Solomon that the figures relating to continued cases of measles in the UK bothered him. After listening to a physician discuss vaccine hesitancy among parents on the radio in 1985, Da
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1986 open letter by Roald Dahl
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2024-01-03T01:52:36Z
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