Poliovirus could be wiped out from Earth as Human cases reach Historical low with just 12 cases registered globally.

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1. Source

   https://www.economist.com/the-world-ahead/2023/11/13/metrics-to-keep-an-eye-on-in-2024-from-solar-cells-to-superhero-movies

   Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine, has decided to give his invention to the world for free.

   “Well, to the people I’d say. There are no patents. Could we patent the sun?”

   – Dr. Salk

2. I can’t imagine how it got eradicated. /s

3. Good, that shitty disease killed millions. Let’s end it.

4. There’s only one person left on earth now who lives in an iron lung, some American bloke if I recall correctly

5. Don’t worry, some religious cult will figure something out and start an epidemic soon enough.

6. American and European anti-vax parents: “Hold my homeopathic tea.”