sexy_peach@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoHow Americans responded in 1955 when the invention of the polio vaccine was announcedfeddit.orgimagemessage-square188fedilinkarrow-up11.28Karrow-down110file-text
arrow-up11.27Karrow-down1imageHow Americans responded in 1955 when the invention of the polio vaccine was announcedfeddit.orgsexy_peach@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square188fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·14 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-squareblazeknave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoDidn’t we do that? Now my kid is bringing home a different strain every other day
minus-squarethemurphy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 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-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 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.