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More than 500 children have died in an outbreak that the world is virtually ignoring (www.npr.org)
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[โ€“] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not to sound crass as obviously the human toll is devastating regardless, but isn't 500 children in Bangladesh a rounding error basically? What makes this measles outbreak more significant than any other

[โ€“] Bananskal@nord.pub 1 points 3 weeks ago

The fact that it's measles, I guess?