On Tuesday, nearly 20 percent of the school’s 1,067 students were reportedly absent.

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    Unlike smallpox, no other global campaign to eradicate diseases has ever happened.

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      There are a few others, but they have succeeded yet. Anti-vaxxers aren’t helping.

      It is remarkable in its own way, though. We live in the only time period of human history where we can plausibly say an entire disease has gone away, and not just for rich people.