Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-10 01:14:30 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BB887D20B7B48A68DDE46E5E1F4BF80A12EFD0FA796F26378909FEC03C133FE6
Participant Details
Original Note:
Smallpox was eradicated in U.S. through vaccination. Polio in the U.S. was eliminated due to vaccination. In the early 1950s, before polio vaccines were available, polio outbreaks caused more than 15,000 cases of paralysis each year in the U.S. https://historyofvaccines.org/vaccines-101/what-do-vaccines-do/disease-eradication https://www.cdc.gov/polio/why-are-we-involved/index.htm#:~:text=Polio%20has%20been%20eliminated%20from,originated%20in%20the%20United%20States.
All Note Details