@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-21 day agoHow Americans responded in 1955 when the invention of the polio vaccine was announcedfeddit.orgmessage-square177fedilinkarrow-up11.28Kfile-text
arrow-up11.28KimageHow Americans responded in 1955 when the invention of the polio vaccine was announcedfeddit.org@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-21 day agomessage-square177fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•18 hours agoTo be fair, there was a chance. If 8 billion humans observed quarantine properly and vaccinated we would destroy all forms of influenza.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•12 hours agoDidn’t we do that? Now my kid is bringing home a different strain every other day
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•18 hours agoIn theory yes, but it’s just not realistic for the whole world. In the western world, yes, we can isolate us if we want. It’s just not that easy everywhere.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•17 hours agoI said a chance. Not that it was a big one.
To be fair, there was a chance. If 8 billion humans observed quarantine properly and vaccinated we would destroy all forms of influenza.
Didn’t we do that? Now my kid is bringing home a different strain every other day
In theory yes, but it’s just not realistic for the whole world. In the western world, yes, we can isolate us if we want. It’s just not that easy everywhere.
I said a chance. Not that it was a big one.