sexy_peach@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 days agoHow Americans responded in 1955 when the invention of the polio vaccine was announcedfeddit.orgimagemessage-square199fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageHow Americans responded in 1955 when the invention of the polio vaccine was announcedfeddit.orgsexy_peach@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 days agomessage-square199fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoTo be fair, there was a chance. If 8 billion humans observed quarantine properly and vaccinated we would destroy all forms of influenza.
minus-squarethemurphy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days 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-squareblazeknave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoDidn’t we do that? Now my kid is bringing home a different strain every other day
To be fair, there was a chance. If 8 billion humans observed quarantine properly and vaccinated we would destroy all forms of influenza.
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.
Didn’t we do that? Now my kid is bringing home a different strain every other day