Polio would already be eliminated if not for extremely superstitious people and religious governments.
Coordinating the public health efforts across all countries is incredibly difficult and expensive work that requires constant investment and upkeep. Teaching people to be skeptical of the superstitions that were passed down and to look for real, reproducible evidence is what produced all of the benefits of The Enlightenment and continues to pay off.
Coordinating the public health efforts across all countries is incredibly difficult and expensive work that requires constant investment and upkeep. Teaching people to be skeptical of the superstitions that were passed down and to look for real, reproducible evidence is what produced all of the benefits of The Enlightenment and continues to pay off.