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Comment by lifeisstillgood

OK, this is a silly question but I have to ask

Is there any likelihood that measles, or a similar virus we have held at bay with vaccination, was actively fighting cancer 200 years ago, thus pushing up the incident rates that apparently have gone up and dismissed with "well we weren't dying of cancer because we were dying of $INSERT_DISEASE_HERE"

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