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Eradicating smallpox?

• coldtea 7y ago
  Well, let's not celebrate our success on the war just after a battle was won, let's wait for the next battles first. We could have just made things worst and more threatening... https://www.reactgroup.org/antibiotic-resistance/the-threat/ https://www.reactgroup.org/antibiotic-resistance/the-threat/ https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/antibiotic-resistance https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/antibiotic-... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378521/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4378521/
• wetpaws 7y ago
  Also polio.
  • RobAtticus 7y ago
    We have not yet eradicated polio globally. This year has actually been a setback in number of cases: http://polioeradication.org/polio-today/polio-now/this-week/ http://polioeradication.org/polio-today/polio-now/this-week/
    • wetpaws 7y ago
      It's bad, but still 99% down from what we had in 80-s :)