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Why are infectious diseases less common now than 200 years ago?
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∙ 14y ago
its mainly because of the increase of knowledge and technology. there are still Infectious Diseases around but now doctors and microbiologists understand how they spread and how to contain them. im sure if you went to a third world country you would see the same amount of infectious diseases as europeans had 200 years ago and this is because they dont have the advancement we do.
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Can you die from a mosqutio bite?
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