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Before the vaccine was introduced in 1963, measles was infecting 4 million Americans annually and killing about 450.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2024

In an audience Friday with Argentine pilgrims in town for the ceremony, Francis held Mama Antula up as a model of charity at a time in which, he said, “radical individualism” was infecting society today.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2024

It was true in December when shoppers were out in force, even while Omicron was infecting 120,000 people a day.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2022

Thembi went to the library and read about the virus, which was infecting people all over the world.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2021

I can only explain the scientific mania that overtook my father during that spring of ’59 as a symptom of the belief in progress that was infecting everyone back then.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides