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by TchoBeer 1863 days ago
I don't see why eliminating disease is an abhorrent nightmare to you. Is the fact that no one gets polio anymore also an abhorrent nightmare?
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Polio was never eliminated. It still persists in poor countries and among abject poverty stricken communities.

Wild poliovirus has been eradicated in all continents except Asia, and as of 2020, Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only two countries where the disease is still classified as endemic.[5][6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio_eradication

Eliminated and eradicated are not the same thing.

Polio certainly has been eliminated from the United States. The point is, polio is no longer a significant problem here.

Sorry, maybe I should've specified _In the United States_