Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-09 19:15:22 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FCD96E39AD8A9D48C90841F5553AE3EE9D3C55328CBA9D124FC72D4E26E7EFAC
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