World facing polio health emergency

[theHandpuppet]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-27284389
BBC News World
5 May 2014
World facing polio health emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the spread of polio is an international public health emergency.

Outbreaks in Asia, Africa and Middle East are an "extraordinary event" needing a co-ordinated "international response", the agency says.

It recommends citizens of affected countries travelling abroad carry a vaccination certificate.

It says Pakistan, Cameroon, and Syria "pose the greatest risk of further wild poliovirus exportations in 2014." .... MORE

[mopinko]

1. i was really horrified when i found out they had use vaccinations

as a ruse to get dna samples from the bin laden compound people. as important as it might have been, i saw right then that this would happen.
its like not having spies impersonate reporters. it just makes it too damn dangerous for the real reporters. you just dont do it.

sigh.

[A Little Weird]

2. I thought the same thing

That was an incredibly irresponsible thing to do.

[Quantess]

3. You would think humanity could do a little better than this.

How disappointing and pathetic.