>spend billions of years over half a century to drive polio to extinction>give up when only 12 cases are happening yearly, claim it's impossible, and let it spread againwhy are politicians so retarded? I blame the scientific experts who give advice to politicians
>>17067121>*billions of dollarsshit I fucked up my own thread again
>spend billions of dollars>Over half a centuryYou answered your own question. The policy makers who questioned why so much money was spent on an eradication project didn't have to suffer through the disease before we took measures to control it. People are incredibly short of both foresight and memory.
>>17067298You have to place a lot of the blame on stupid citizenry who neglect basic and free vaccinations.
>>17067304That's also true, and they're the ones who put the policy makers in place and think "yeah, he's right, why ARE we spending my tax dollars on something that doesn't matter?" Again, short on foresight and memory.