“We’ve seen the year-on-year vaccination rates decline by small percentage points, but it does translate to a very significant change in immunity in the population, such that, we become much more susceptible to issues.

“So if this trend continues, it’s hard to know where we’re going to get to in terms of things like polio and tetanus and other diseases we’ve controlled remarkably well for a long time.”
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As Ebola spreads, Australia faces rise in 'biblical' disease risks

The bugs that cause Ebola, hantavirus and diphtheria are microscopic, but many of the barriers to controlling them are human-sized.