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Here’s the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harm
By Jia You Apr. 27, 2017 , 1:15 PM
Vaccines have beat back infectious diseases. Bubbles represent reported U.S. cases, but not all
diseases were notifiable in all years. For example, mumps was not reported until 1968, the year after
a vaccine was licensed. Click or hover on a bubble or a dot on the timeline to view more details.
*Chickenpox data were not reported by all states between 1981 and 2003.
1945 Key:
Vaccine licensed
Other historical events
1955 100,000
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1970 Chickenpox
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Jia You
Jia You is an interactive graphics editor at Science.
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