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Brazil was one of the countries that have been measles-free for a while now. With the antivax sentiment growing worldwide — or people just taking vaccines for granted and not paying enough attention to them — it's expected that some diseases might come back every once in a while. Well, there's been a measles outbreak in São Paulo. How big of an outbreak? Less than 50 cases. What was the government's answer? Full-on vaccination campaign for everyone in the cities where the cases happened. Every public clinic already has stocks of the vaccine, and they are also vaccinating people at some metro stations, all you need is the ID card (having the vaccination card is good too). I took my shot yesterday and it took, like, 5 minutes. The nurse there even saw that I had an overdue yellow fever shot, which I never took because I was in Portugal at the time. She advised me to take it, but I have to wait 30 days after this one. It's worth noting that every child born and/or raised in Brazil is…

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