sexy_peach@feddit.org to TechnologyEnglish · edit-23 months agoHow Americans responded in 1955 when the invention of the polio vaccine was announcedfeddit.orgimagemessage-square214fedilinkarrow-up11.48Karrow-down113file-text
arrow-up11.47Karrow-down1imageHow Americans responded in 1955 when the invention of the polio vaccine was announcedfeddit.orgsexy_peach@feddit.org to TechnologyEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square214fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMaggotylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoTo be fair, there was a chance. If 8 billion humans observed quarantine properly and vaccinated we would destroy all forms of influenza.
minus-squareblazeknavelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoDidn’t we do that? Now my kid is bringing home a different strain every other day
minus-squarethemurphy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months 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-squareMaggotylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months 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.