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Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. We decided to illustrate it.

projects.propublica.orgThe Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines VanishResearchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

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Let's not forget my great-uncle who died at seven years old from diphtheria in 1894. The railroad wouldn't carry his body to take it back to the family plot, because he was still considered to be contagious even after death. It broke my great-grandmother's heart. My own son is almost his twin.