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On the iron lungs and the salk vaccine there is an interesting "conspiracy" theory I've seen. Incidence of polio correlates extremely well to production volume
by kingkongreveng_ 17y ago
On the iron lungs and the salk vaccine there is an interesting "conspiracy" theory I've seen. Incidence of polio correlates extremely well to production volumes of DDT and various insecticides. It's a startling chart. Production went way down and then so did polio.
The exact mechanisms of the polio virus have allegedly never been all that well worked out. The efficacy of the salk vaccine might be a coincidence.
- kingkongreveng_ 17y agoWouldn't mind an explanation on why this is down voted.
- jerf 17y agoAmazing changes have been occurring virtually daily in the past couple of centuries. Conspiracy theories tying them together on the basis of mere correlation are profoundly uninteresting.
- kingkongreveng_ 17y agoStrong correlations are very interesting very often. And this particular hypothesis is interesting well beyond correlation if you care to read into it. Be honest, the downvote was a close-minded reactionary impulse.
- jerf 17y agoI didn't downvote it. I don't hit downvote very often. You provided no evidence that it was interesting, and such evidence would be offtopic anyhow.