When a child dies of measles, it is a tragedy. When it happens in a country with readily available, free, effective vaccine, it is even more tragic. The death of a child under age five in Hamilton was as predictable as it was sad. With the growing number of unvaccinated people contracting measles in this country, a fatality
was inevitable. (By Pauline Kerr)
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