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Polio would likely be eradicated already, if not for a CIA op that used a vaccination program as a cover to get DNA from bin Laden. Source: https://www.thelanc
by niemandhier 3y ago
Polio would likely be eradicated already, if not for a CIA op that used a vaccination program as a cover to get DNA from bin Laden.
Source: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(14)60900-4/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
As a result part of the Afghan and Pakistani population stopped believing in what WHO workers told them.
- actuallyalys 3y agoThe CIA operation was definitely a setback for polio eradication and doubtless caused other harms to public health, but the article this thread is about discusses numerous challenges to eradication so I suspect even without the CIA campaign, we’d still be a ways away from eradication.
- ars 3y agoThe CIA thing was bad, but absolutely not the cause of eradication failure. That's 100% becuause type 2 polio is REALLY good at mutating and changing the OPV version to an infectious version.