It's worse than that; was a massive setback for the *world-wide* eradication of Polio which appeared to be close to accomplished, since Pakistan and Afghanistan

It's worse than that; was a massive setback for the *world-wide* eradication of Polio which appeared to be close to accomplished, since Pakistan and Afghanistan were (and remain) the last countries with endemic Polio. It also feeds into general vaccine skepticism that will complicate getting other diseases under control. Still, I guess not ridding the world of polio was a small price to pay for Obama's re-election (https://www.wired.com/2012/08/bin-laden-book/ https://www.wired.com/2012/08/bin-laden-book/) at least when compared to what it took to get Bush re-elected.