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Truly a monumental moment in human history, the beginning of the elimination of malaria, one of the biggest killers of all time
by j_koreth 10y ago
Truly a monumental moment in human history, the beginning of the elimination of malaria, one of the biggest killers of all time
- Mikeb85 10y agoNext up, the flu.
- chimprich 10y agoFlu is practically impossible to eradicate at current technology levels because we don't have many defences against it and there is a large natural reservoir in wild birds.
- JacobAldridge 10y agoNot really the beginning, but hopefully another big step. The USA was declared Malaria free in 1949 after a specific elimination project - it seems the CDC actually evolved from the Office of Malaria Control in War Areas, established in 1942. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/history/elimination_us.html https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/history/elimination_us.htm...
- dogma1138 10y agoAnd now there are more and more cases of Dengue and W. Nile and Yellow Fever in the US, mostly because the CDC stopped doing national mosquito control and its near powerless to resume that since NIMBY is more important than not catching tropical diseases apparently.