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Diseases that were previously controlled begin to reemerge in the industrialized world.

Date: 1990s

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Tuberculosis, diphtheria, and other diseases that had previously been controlled or eradicated begin to show up in the U.S. and other industrialized countries.

Political arguments blame new immigrant communities and a decrease in vaccinations, although neither of these reasons can be proven.