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>Money well spent. There have been human costs too, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/world/africa/in-nigeria-polio-vaccine-workers-are-killed-by-gunmen.html
by danjoc 9y ago
>Money well spent.
There have been human costs too,
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/world/africa/in-nigeria-polio-vaccine-workers-are-killed-by-gunmen.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/world/africa/in-nigeria-po...
Of the nine vaccination workers killed, "Most of the victims were women and were shot in the back of the head"
- newfoundglory 9y agoThat doesn’t seem immediately relevant, could you explain why you mentioned it here?
- ridgeguy 9y agoMight be irrelevant per HN guidelines. I took it as a reminder that doing something good may require not only exceptional courage, but one's life. I'm ok with the off-topic aspect of the post. I continue to be amazed and grateful we have such people.
- wallace_f 9y ago>I continue to be amazed and grateful we have such people That's a good thing to mention. Sometimes when I look at Washington, Wall St., or corporate actions, it makes me fear everyone is a hyper-rational sociopath willing to seek out and screw over the other for any profit. But sometimss I'm reminded of the ones who do good for the future of humanity, not just for their bank accounts.
- fragmede 9y agoDanjoc's linked article is about Nigerian Polio vaccine workers being killed in the line of duty back in 2013, which seems relevant to me, as a person dying is a very real, human cost of polio, all the money in the world cannot fix.