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The smallpox eradication should be at the top of any list of audacious moonshots. According to Wikipedia, there were 50 million cases annually around 1950. By 1
by jamestimmins 8y ago
The smallpox eradication should be at the top of any list of audacious moonshots. According to Wikipedia, there were 50 million cases annually around 1950. By 1979 the disease was eradicated globally, mainly because of a massive international campaign lead by the WHO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox#Eradication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox#Eradication