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This is the correct perspective. It seems that, Reddit style, many people here comment just the titles, don't read the articles. Polio is on the way to complet
by diego_moita 9y ago
This is the correct perspective. It seems that, Reddit style, many people here comment just the titles, don't read the articles.
Polio is on the way to complete eradication all over the world. AFAIK the only place where it remains endemic is Baluchistan in Pakistan where the warlords are suspicious of vaccination agents.
Victory on polio is a fantastic story that doesn't get the attention it deserves.
- tyrust 9y ago>Reddit style Just as much HN style, where top comments frequently bring up old discussions completely unrelated to the article's content (e.g. js article -> js is a mess, blockchain article -> blockchain is a bubble, megacorp article -> this is why i never use megacorp's products)
- jackaroe78 9y agommm source please
- nvr219 9y agommm mmm mmm
- noobermin 9y agoI've noticed what you pointed out is fairly common especially recently, but it wasn't always the case. Moreover, it's incumbent on us to be better than that so to reverse the trend.
- scubadude 9y agoIt's not a new problem. The term TFA is at least 18 years old; predates reddit, digg, and maybe even slashdot itself. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TFA https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TFA
- noobermin 9y agoThis is a side discussion, but what a fascinating piece of internet history, I had no idea.
- garrettgrimsley 9y agoJust came off an 11 month involuntary HN-hiatus and noticed that the level of discourse is markedly lower. Wondering whether it could be quantified over time. Maybe a NLP expert could chime in?
- oculusthrift 9y agowell last time they claimed to be giving vaccines in pakistan it was to collect genetic information against a us target.
- simplemath__ 9y agoYou're getting downvoted... but this did happen, and is likely to blame for polio's continued presence in western pakistan. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-cia-fake-vaccination-campaign-endangers-us-all/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-cia-fake-vacc...
- ascorbic 9y agoAnd, let's not diminish this: it's probably to blame for polio existing at all now.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoExactly. It is my belief that the people who ordered this should have their asses dragged in front of the UN and should be tried for crimes against humanity. You don't mess with vaccinations. Ever.
- adventured 9y agoIt wasn't the last time. Pakistan is an extremely large nation with 40+ years of substantial vaccination efforts by the US and West in general. It'd be fair to say that at least 99.9% of that effort was entirely innocent. The CIA doing what it did should have never happened obviously. That simultaneously doesn't excuse non-vaccination, which is extraordinarily inexpensive and could be performed by Pakistani government persons as a compromise.
- mschuster91 9y ago> and could be performed by Pakistani government persons as a compromise. Political opponents still can frame anyone associated with "being an US puppet"... and for the chemtrail-lovers with an addition of "they're not vaccinating you, they're putting tiny microchips into you". Do note I didn't make up that last one, it literally flew somewhere over my Facebook feed today.
- Recursing 9y ago> AFAIK the only place where it remains endemic is Baluchistan in Pakistan In 2017 there have been 13 wild cases in Afghanistan, 8 in Pakistan and it's still considered endemic in Nigeria (last known case in August 2016) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliomyelitis_eradication#2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliomyelitis_eradication#2017
- trumpsamerica 9y agoIt's not warlords. It's pak Govt. They jailed the Osama informer ffs.