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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIndia polio-free for one year.
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http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/13/145183856/india-marks-a-year-free-of-polio?ps=sh_stcathdl"A year ago today, India saw its last recorded case of polio in an 18-month-old girl in West Bengal named Rukhsar Khatoon. She recovered without lasting paralysis.
"One year without another case is an impressive milestone in the decades-long effort to wipe the poliovirus from the face of the planet. Only a few years ago, India reported more polio cases than anywhere else as many as 100,000 cases a year. ***"
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India polio-free for one year. (Original Post)
Deep13
Jan 2012
OP
I'm sure the anti-vax crazies will insist that vaccines have nothing to do with it.
Odin2005
Jan 2012
#10
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)2. I think you can get it free for two years in China
Deep13
(39,154 posts)3. There, happy now? nt
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)5. It's a tough headline to write
You can still read it my way, though.
Deep13
(39,154 posts)6. It's a hyphen, not a dash. nt
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)8. Yeah well, I always figure it's a typo
As if any of the apostrophe-pluralizing rabble on internet forums gave a damn about whether it is a dash or a hyphen.
Deep13
(39,154 posts)11. It's still a hyphen. Ergo "polio-free" is one word.
You've got a real knack for dumping cold water on good news.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)12. By kicking a thread?
1. It's great news.
2. I love ambiguous headlines. I used to read the NYT years ago, and there was quite often a little "easter egg" hidden on the front page, either in photo captions, juxtapositions, or by cleverly re-punctuating them.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)4. Good news. n/t
GoneOffShore
(17,337 posts)7. Good news - polio vaccine and herd immunity. n/t
ret5hd
(20,482 posts)9. Oh no!!! Autism rates have skyrocketed in India!!!
just kidding.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)10. I'm sure the anti-vax crazies will insist that vaccines have nothing to do with it.