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Myopia isn't an infectious disease, but it has reached nearly epidemic proportions in parts of Asia. In Taiwan, for example, the percentage of seven-year-old children suffering from nearsightedness rose from 5.8 per cent in 1983 to 21 per cent in 2000. An incredible 81 per cent of Taiwanese 15-year-olds are myopic.

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