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Also, Polio was near extinction before Gates jumped in and collected the ovations for finishing job. http://ourworldindata.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ourwo

by nenadg 10y ago

Also, Polio was near extinction before Gates jumped in and collected the ovations for finishing job. http://ourworldindata.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ourworldindata_progress-in-polio-eradication-estimated-and-reported-polio-cases-1985-2011-%E2%80%93-who.png http://ourworldindata.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ourworl... That's great what they've done, but saying they've eradicated polio is brutal exaggeration.

maxerickson 10y ago
The table I posted in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12551250 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12551250 contradicts them "jumping in". Other major donors have continued to make large contributions to polio intervention over the period where the Gates foundation has made their contributions, the period on your graph where it is nearly gone.