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India Frees Itself of Polio

An anonymous reader writes "It's been three years since the last recorded polio case in India and health officials hope to officially certify India polio free in the next few weeks. 'Hamid Jafari, director of the WHO's polio-eradication campaign, says the agency's ambitious quest to stop all polio transmission by the end of 2014 is now within reach. If that is achieved, and no new cases crop up for three years, polio—like smallpox—will be officially banished from the planet. "India was one of the most important sources" from where the virus spread to other countries, said Dr. Jafari.'"

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  1. Re:Excellent! by Bite+The+Pillow · · Score: 4, Funny

    All it took was a single country to do the needful.

  2. But vaccinations give you autism by Swampash · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jenny McCarthy wouldn't lie to me!

  3. Re:Good on them! by SuricouRaven · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's a common rumor in Afganistan that the Polio vaccine is actually a potent lifetime contraceptive, distributed by western powers in order to keep Muslim women from breeding in readyness for a planned Christian invasion.

    The most unbelieveable part of that is the idea of a government planning so far ahead.

  4. Re:At constant risk by Sockatume · · Score: 4, Funny

    Criticises religion, "literally" places blame on satan. :)

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    No kidding!!! What do you say at this point?
  5. Quick by CohibaVancouver · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oprah! Call Jenny McCarthy, quick! We've got a situation in India that requires ignorance, stat!