Now that is cool … … WAAAY COOOOOL!
It’s good to get a reminder that things like this are happening in our world ... Just my 2 cents worth :) --- > On 7 Oct. 2016, at 12:25 am, Stephen Loosley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/562fzy/what_is_the_most_pleasant_and_uplifting_fact_you/ > > > 7 hours ago > > Smallpox emerged over 10,000 years ago. At its peak the disease killed 15 > million people a year, maimed millions more and caused 1/3 of all blindness. > > Between the 1850s and the 1910s, mandatory vaccination drove smallpox out of > North America and Europe. A coordinated UN effort from 1950 to the 1970s > eliminated smallpox from the rest of the world. > > There hasn't been a single case since 1977. > > Working together, every country in the world teamed up to destroy an enemy > that killed an estimated 400-500 million people in the 20th Century alone. > And it took less than three decades to make it happen. > > The campaign to eliminate smallpox is proof that a united humanity is capable > of incredible things. > > > 5 hours ago > > Polio is projected to be eradicated in 2018. This, by the way, in case people > didn't know, is awesome. > > There were like ... 106 recorded cases worldwide last year. There were 350 > the year before. > > This year so far? There have only been 29 worldwide. > > We rock! > > Source http://polioeradication.org/polio-today/polio-now > > -- > > Cheers, > Stephen > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
