• Irremarkable
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    153 months ago

    Polio still exists, primarily in Afghanistan and neighbors if I remember correctly.

    • @[email protected]
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      173 months ago

      And it’s because the CIA used vaccination drives as cover, which was eventually found out, and of course make people skeptical of American vaccination missions going forward. Genuinely one of the stupidest fucking calls the CIA has ever made - and they’ve made a lot of those (coughIRANcough).

      • @Lost_My_Mind
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        83 months ago

        coughIRANcough

        Oh, that sounds like a bad cough. I might have a lozenge.