The goal of eradication of polio is still elusive.

[MohRokTah]

We're close, but it's still persistent and there are still hundreds of cases each year.

If one case gets into the US, decades of work could be wiped out by the idiocy of the anti-vaxxers.

Look at this picture and think about what that means:

[enough]

1. Are there anti-polio-vaxers? Apparently they haven't lived long enough to remember. (nt)

[MohRokTah]

2. Most anti-vaxxers refuse all vaccinations.

Here's something even scarier. The area where the most cases occur in a single geographic region is that portion of Pakistan where Al Queda and the Taliban hold power. Over 200 cases last year alone.

Now think about the mindset of terrorists. Biological warfare with a living delivery system. They simply show up at Disneyland with an infected child.

And polio makes a comeback in the US....

[KamaAina]

3. Respirator technology has advanced considerably since the '50s

That's Ed Roberts, founder of the independent living movement.

[MohRokTah]

4. Just a few more areas to get into herd immunity compliance...

so long as a case isn't introduced into first world nations with idiotic anti-vaxxers, that is.

[Arugula Latte]

5. Oh, well, then, I guess polio is not so bad after all.