Ebola outbreaks are very containable by Western medicine - the patients go into a quarantine ward, everyone observes fluid precautions religiously. It's never really made it out of Africa. In addition, traditional funeral rites in many areas exacerbated outbreaks, as they involved touching the dead.

Notification of partners is great for sexually transmitted diseases that are curable, but AIDS wasn't (and still technically isn't, even if sufferers can live long lives with current medical technology).

The plague killed somewhere between one and two thirds of Europe's population, so bringing it up as an example of successful cultural practices is rather baffling. Bubonic plague is entirely treatable by modern medicine, too.

Modern medicine fully endorses cooking food.

Malaria has been eradicated in the developed world by modern medicine, and modern technology has additionally made water safe to drink without needing to add ethanol to it.

> Diet, certain herbs and supplements, and an eye towards body chemistry can prevent viral infection and/or effectively treat it, something modern medicine generally does a poor job of.

Vaccination has done a great job of eradicating polio, smallpox, measles, and others. I eagerly await a list of diseases eradicated from the world via diet, herbs, and body chemistry.