Firehawk08 .... I posted this #
15383275 in answer to another poster (see below), it's funny that you've now linked to the same announcement. I also provided links to the most recent WHO stats. It was ENDEMIC measles which was declared eradicated. Now you are arguing with me that Australia has NO measles at all... seriously.
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"Actually measles is no longer endemic in Australia. WHO gave us a clean bill of health (so to speak) in 2014. Department of Health | Measles – Elimination Achieved in Australia
"On 20 March 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that measles elimination had been achieved by Australia, Macao (China), Mongolia and the Republic of Korea. These are the first countries or areas in the Western Pacific Region to receive this distinction."
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ohp-measles-elim-announce-2014.htm
FYI... last recorded death from measles in Australia was in 1995.
"Evidence suggests that endemic measles has been eliminated from Australia, with the absence of a circulating endemic measles strain for several years"
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/i...andbook10-home~handbook10part4~handbook10-4-9
And incase you missed it last time, here's the link to the WHO childhood diseases stats for Australia.
http://apps.who.int/immunization_monitoring/globalsummary/incidences?c=AUS "
