India Frees Itself of Polio 309
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.'"
Re:Excellent! (Score:5, Funny)
All it took was a single country to do the needful.
But vaccinations give you autism (Score:5, Funny)
Jenny McCarthy wouldn't lie to me!
Re:Good on them! (Score:4, 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.
Re:At constant risk (Score:5, Funny)
Criticises religion, "literally" places blame on satan. :)
Quick (Score:4, Funny)