White Paper Polio — Dale Hamstra

Posted on February 7, 2012 by dalehamstra27
  • I searched the CDC website for polio eradication.
  • “The number of worldwide polio cases has fallen from an estimated 350,000 in 1988 to fewer than 1300 in 2010—a decline of more than 99% in reported cases.”
  • This supports the claim that it is possible to eradicate the polio virus. It also goes on to say that there are only four remaining countries that are polio-endemic. This is strong support because it shows strong statistics that show a sharp decline in the reported number of polio cases in a time span of only twenty-two years.
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1 Response to White Paper Polio — Dale Hamstra

  1. davidbdale's avatar davidbdale says:
    March 22, 2012 at 11:45 am

    Not to be too picky, Dale, but that strong evidence is evidence only that the number of cases can be dramatically reduced. Eradication may still be impossible unless you know something I don’t know. I’m not saying the numbers aren’t persuasive, but fewer cases is categorically different than no cases.

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