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Re:It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life, and we ca... by yimby2001 on Friday March 14, 2025 @07:53PM (#43368560)
Most cases of polio now are caught from the lav deattenuating, so unless you vaccinated everyone in the entire world at the same time or invent a better vaccine it’s literally impossible to eradicate with current technology. you can see in the diminishing returns in their graph.. I’m not sure why this is their example of a good place to spend more money
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Re:It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life, and we ca... by matthewmacleod on Friday March 14, 2025 @08:12PM (#43368663)
Inactivated polio vaccines are widely available and do not cause the cases of polio that the attenuated vaccine does.
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Re:It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life, and we ca... by yimby2001 on Friday March 14, 2025 @08:23PM (#43368736)
You got me man, great troll
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Re:It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life, and we ca... by nitwit005 on Friday March 14, 2025 @08:27PM (#43368764)
It's a good example because once you eradicate the disease, the problem is gone for good. We spend zero money on smallpox.

We did successfully eradicate all but one strain of Polio, and I believe they've stopped vaccinating except for the remaining one.

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