[chimeracoder]

> Polio has had flare-ups where vaccination levels have dropped (many of these because it's hard to deliver vaccines in a warzone)

To clarify that, the current problem is not that it's hard to deliver vaccines in a warzone (we've been doing that in various countries for 2+ decades, which is how we've gotten to current infection levels).

The problem is that the CIA decided to use polio vaccination as a front for gathering intelligence for bin Laden's assasination, and now people in Afghanistan and Pakistan don't trust actual vaccination efforts[0].

And unfortunately, this is not just limited to Afghanistan and Pakistan:

> The blowback from the raid may well have extended beyond Pakistan. Health specialists say the suspicion, anger, and violence that some Pakistanis and Taliban militants directed at health care workers after news leaked about the CIA-orchestrated vaccination campaign may have contributed to the spread of polio in Pakistan and war-torn parts of Syria and Iraq

[0] http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/150227-polio-paki...