Forbes October 24, 2024
Polioviruses technically aren’t on the ballot for the upcoming November 5 U.S. elections since viruses aren’t human and can’t run for political office. But voting in these elections could still greatly affect what happens to polioviruses. After all, the U.S. government has played a major role in supporting the Global Polio Eradication Initiative ever since its launch in 1988. And the world has been getting closer and closer to eradicating the disease that used to cause so much misery and suffering globally, leaving hundreds of thousands of children paralyzed each year during the early 20th Century. What political leaders in the U.S. choose to do over the next four years could spell the difference between polio getting eradicated versus continuing...
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