The image is a graph titled "Reported paralytic polio cases and deaths, United States, 1910 to 2019," from Our World in Data. It shows the annual number of polio cases (in red) and deaths (in green). A sharp decline in both cases and deaths occurs after the introduction of the polio vaccine in 1957, which is marked with an arrow labeled "Vaccine introduced in 1957." The graph illustrates the dramatic impact of vaccination on reducing polio cases and fatalities over time.
Vaccines stopped polio.
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If accurate, I would appreciate broader coverage addressing that the reason Musk attacked the original bill was because it would’ve limited his investments in China
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Working on my end-of-year analysis for public health and came across this shocking statistic:
The percent of Ameircans vaccinated for the flu has dropped from 67% in 2019 (pre-COVID) to 38% today.
Influenza has been a leading cause of death in America almost every year since at least 1980.
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