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Old 09-25-2014, 11:29 AM  
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Originally Posted by _Richard_ View Post
it's more like 99%

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/...tatistics.html

they were hoping to eradicate by 2015.. alas
According to many, it's due to urban migration resulting in peeps not getting vaccinated .

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What?s behind the outbreak? Some experts say China?s nearly 250 million migrant workers, who have moved in recent years from rural areas to jobs in urban centers, and whose families may have missed country-wide vaccination drives because of their nomadic lifestyle. ?The incidence of measles is likely to rise, mostly in adults, because China has such a large mobile population and many have missed their vaccinations,? Cai Haodong, an expert in infectious diseases at Beijing Ditan Hospital, told the South China Morning Post.
http://qz.com/230782/chinas-vast-urb...les-outbreaks/
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