<story><title>Xkcd and Bill Gates on Polio Eradication</title><url>http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/XKCD-Marks-the-Spot</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>beaker52</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s not a case of just carrying on as we were.&lt;p&gt;Here are the pockets of Polio:
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;voices.nationalgeographic.com&amp;#x2F;files&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;gitn_1204_polio.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;voices.nationalgeographic.com&amp;#x2F;files&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;gitn_1204...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why?&lt;p&gt;1) Vaccinators can&amp;#x27;t access some regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan because of violent resistance to Western aid.&lt;p&gt;2) Western vaccines are resisted by Muslim Nigerians who fear Polio vaccines are a Western plot to sterilise Muslims.&lt;p&gt;3) Hajj is a great opportunity for the disease to spread between members of these regions.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.irinnews.org&amp;#x2F;report&amp;#x2F;48667&amp;#x2F;nigeria-muslim-suspicion-of-polio-vaccine-lingers-on&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.irinnews.org&amp;#x2F;report&amp;#x2F;48667&amp;#x2F;nigeria-muslim-suspicio...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.nationalgeographic.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;150303-polio-pakistan-islamic-state-refugees-vaccination-health&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.nationalgeographic.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;150303-polio-paki...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hearts and minds need to be won or brute force needs to be used, if decades of effort are going to pay off. Until it&amp;#x27;s eradicated in these regions, we&amp;#x27;re stuck vaccinating our children to avoid re-establishment of the disease.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>yongjik</author><text>1) Vaccinators can&amp;#x27;t access some regions of California because of violent resistance to vaccination.&lt;p&gt;2) Western vaccines are resisted by hippie Californians who fear Measles vaccines are a Western pharmaceutical plot to spread autism.&lt;p&gt;3) Disneyland is a great opportunity for the disease to spread between members of these regions.&lt;p&gt;Let&amp;#x27;s see if Jenny McCarthy is forcefully vaccinated.  Until then, it will be hard for me to take your &amp;quot;They aren&amp;#x27;t the same people as us, so let&amp;#x27;s use brute force, for &lt;i&gt;humanity&lt;/i&gt;&amp;quot; attitude seriously.</text></comment>
<story><title>Xkcd and Bill Gates on Polio Eradication</title><url>http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/XKCD-Marks-the-Spot</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>beaker52</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s not a case of just carrying on as we were.&lt;p&gt;Here are the pockets of Polio:
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;voices.nationalgeographic.com&amp;#x2F;files&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;gitn_1204_polio.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;voices.nationalgeographic.com&amp;#x2F;files&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;gitn_1204...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why?&lt;p&gt;1) Vaccinators can&amp;#x27;t access some regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan because of violent resistance to Western aid.&lt;p&gt;2) Western vaccines are resisted by Muslim Nigerians who fear Polio vaccines are a Western plot to sterilise Muslims.&lt;p&gt;3) Hajj is a great opportunity for the disease to spread between members of these regions.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.irinnews.org&amp;#x2F;report&amp;#x2F;48667&amp;#x2F;nigeria-muslim-suspicion-of-polio-vaccine-lingers-on&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.irinnews.org&amp;#x2F;report&amp;#x2F;48667&amp;#x2F;nigeria-muslim-suspicio...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.nationalgeographic.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;150303-polio-pakistan-islamic-state-refugees-vaccination-health&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.nationalgeographic.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;150303-polio-paki...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hearts and minds need to be won or brute force needs to be used, if decades of effort are going to pay off. Until it&amp;#x27;s eradicated in these regions, we&amp;#x27;re stuck vaccinating our children to avoid re-establishment of the disease.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Natsu</author><text>If Saudi Arabia were on board, maybe the Hajj could be a good opportunity to get vaccinations to some of those groups of immigrants?&lt;p&gt;Imagine if they made it a visa requirement and they were the ones doing the vaccination rather than the US.</text></comment>