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You'll be surprised how many people ignore Gates Foundation's deep involvement on ending Polio
by aglavine 8y ago
You'll be surprised how many people ignore Gates Foundation's deep involvement on ending Polio
- reaperducer 8y agoIt's at least as any as the number of people who ignore the way George W. Bush is hailed as a hero for his work stemming the tide of AIDS in Africa. https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/04/george-w-bushs-legacy-on-africa-wins-praise-even-from-foes/ https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/04/george-w-bushs...
- metabagel 8y agoHis ledger is still in the red.
- walrus01 8y agoThe problem with ending polio is primarily with religious fundamentalists in Pakistan, who spread rumors that all western-funded vaccination programs are a secret plot by the CIA to sterilize people, or some similar nonsense. https://ourworldindata.org/polio https://ourworldindata.org/polio
- what_ever 8y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/11/cia-fake-vaccinations-osama-bin-ladens-dna https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/11/cia-fake-vacci...
- walrus01 8y agoyes, I'm aware. The anti-vaccine nonsense was going on long before this became public knowledge in 2011. The same ideology of fundamentalists who were behind the events surrounding the siege of the lal masjid in 2007 were spreading the "westerners want to sterilize your children" stuff since at least the early 1990s.
- marricks 8y agoAs a complete novice on the subject all I know (and have heard) was the Gates Foundation was involved in ending Polio and it was Bill’s pet project. I’m sure other people were involved but I have no clue who because the media loves focusing on one face for an effort because it’s easier than representing the diverse group required to tackle such an issue.