What occurred to help create several measles epidemics in the 1990s?
A. People had stopped getting measles and other immunizations.
B. The measles vaccine was no longer effective against the agent because it had mutated.
C. The measles vaccine did not provide lifetime immunity.
D. Thousands of ineffective contaminated vaccine injections had unknowingly been given.
ANS: C
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