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As someone who was born in Yugoslavia I have a feeling that science was more trusted. In 1972 Yugoslavia had a smallpox outbreak and it was dealt with quickly.

As someone who was born in Yugoslavia I have a feeling that science was more trusted. In 1972 Yugoslavia had a smallpox outbreak and it was dealt with quickly. It was a different kind of disease, but still. Now my country is richer than Portugal, but has 33% less vaccinated people.

medo-bear 5y ago
former yugoslavia always had a bigger economy than portugal as far as i am aware - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Socialist_Fed...
locallost 5y ago
They dealt it with quickly in China now too, for the same reasons.
duxup 5y ago
>I have a feeling that science was more trusted Maybe but I'm not sure it would matter in 1972 Yugoslavia. I doubt individuals had much choice to cooperate, no matter what they believe, with government action to deal with small pox .
- rapsey 5y ago
  Not sure if it was at that time. But I know Yugoslavia had in some places during an outbreak military on the street with permission to shoot anyone in the leg if they refused orders to stay home.
  - medo-bear 5y ago
    it was an authoritarian government sure, but it wasn't all bad. US at that time was dropping napalm on people
    - bordercases 5y ago
      Not on their own people!
blago 5y ago
I think Portugal's per capita GDP exceeds that of any former Yugoslav republic by a factor of 2 or more. Are you referring to something else?
- shimonabi 5y ago
  Slovenia $25,549 - Portugal $22,149 https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/slovenia/portugal https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/slovenia/portug...
  - blago 5y ago
    Wow, you are right. Slovenia totally escaped me. For some reason I don't associate Slovenia with Yugoslavia. In my mind it was always it's own thing. Maybe there was less fighting during the dissolution and we didn't hear as much in the news.
    - the_monocle 5y ago
      There was basicly zero fighting. And slovenia was already before the breakup the richest state of yugoslavia
    - input_sh 5y ago
      Its war for independence is called Ten-Day War and it had <100 casualties. Still not as good as Macedonia's independence (0 casualties), but not comparable to Croatia or Bosnia neither.

medo-bear 5y ago

former yugoslavia always had a bigger economy than portugal as far as i am aware - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Socialist_Fed...

locallost 5y ago

They dealt it with quickly in China now too, for the same reasons.

duxup 5y ago

>I have a feeling that science was more trusted Maybe but I'm not sure it would matter in 1972 Yugoslavia. I doubt individuals had much choice to cooperate, no matter what they believe, with government action to deal with small pox .

rapsey 5y ago
Not sure if it was at that time. But I know Yugoslavia had in some places during an outbreak military on the street with permission to shoot anyone in the leg if they refused orders to stay home.
- medo-bear 5y ago
  it was an authoritarian government sure, but it wasn't all bad. US at that time was dropping napalm on people
  - bordercases 5y ago
    Not on their own people!

blago 5y ago

I think Portugal's per capita GDP exceeds that of any former Yugoslav republic by a factor of 2 or more. Are you referring to something else?

shimonabi 5y ago
Slovenia $25,549 - Portugal $22,149 https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/slovenia/portugal https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/slovenia/portug...
- blago 5y ago
  Wow, you are right. Slovenia totally escaped me. For some reason I don't associate Slovenia with Yugoslavia. In my mind it was always it's own thing. Maybe there was less fighting during the dissolution and we didn't hear as much in the news.
  - the_monocle 5y ago
    There was basicly zero fighting. And slovenia was already before the breakup the richest state of yugoslavia
  - input_sh 5y ago
    Its war for independence is called Ten-Day War and it had <100 casualties. Still not as good as Macedonia's independence (0 casualties), but not comparable to Croatia or Bosnia neither.