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Any article that ends it's title with "you should be terrified" is fear mongering bullshit. You can convey concern without this nonsensical bs and even if polio and measles broke out tomorrow there's no reason for terror. They're well understood diseases with treatments and good survival odds. Yes, there's easier better things we should be doing and vaccines save lives but just... Stop letting the internet dumpster shove this garbage down your eye holes for clicks.