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  • In 1977, we successfully eradicated Smallpox. It was a big day for world health and everyone

  • was excited by the possibility of a disease free world. But since then, weve eradicated

  • well, nothing. Not one human affecting disease and it’s not for lack of trying. Take polio

  • for example. We know how it spreads and we have the vaccine. So, why aren’t we able

  • to eradicate it?

  • Well, having the vaccine is only half the battle. And the other half, may involve creating

  • world peace. More than 90% of polio cases are asymptomatic, meaning that most people

  • who have polio don’t show symptoms or even know that they have the disease. So, we can’t

  • eradicate it entirely from the living population. All we can do is vaccinate people and hope

  • that the disease eventually starves out.

  • But that’s harder to do than you might think, because war torn countries and terrorist-controlled

  • areas are especially difficult to vaccinate. Many, impossible. The Taliban in Northern

  • Pakistan for example is currently boycotting international vaccination efforts as a way

  • of protesting US drone attacks.

  • Theyre also suspicious of vaccination programs, because the CIA has a history of using them

  • as a cover for covert ops.

  • Adding to all of this, is the fact that polio spreads more quickly in areas with poor hygiene

  • and bad sanitation. So war torn nations, poverty stricken areas, and refugee communities are

  • all seeing an increase in the disease.

  • In 2012, there were 223 reported cases of polio. In 2013, that number rose to 417 new

  • cases, and 3/5th of those were in areas previously deemedpolio-free.” It’s spread from

  • Pakistan to Afghanistan, Syria to Iraq, Cameroon to Equatorial Guinea, and the list goes on.

  • And all of those places are hot spots for violence, extremist groups, poverty, and conflicts

  • in general.

  • To have a real shot at truly eradicating polio or any other disease, we’d first have to

  • ban together to eradicate violence, oppression, and poverty worldwide. Which is no small feat.

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なぜ病気を根絶できないのか? (Why Can't We Eradicate Disease?)

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    Cheng-Hong Liu に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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