“So, obviously, autism - which is the key in this - is a very big problem. We need more studies about it. We certainly have to try to figure out what causes it and why and do something about it. But to tab it to vaccines, I think, is a real mistake. Not only is there no evidence, but what it leads to is larger numbers of unvaccinated children. And that's not only a problem for polio. It's a problem for a wide range of vaccine-preventable diseases.” ThinkingNeedsTryingChildrenRealProblemBigsCausesNumbersMistakeStudyFiguresKeysDiseaseEvidenceWideRangeAutismVaccinesBig ProblemsPolio Author:David Oshinsky
“Ninety percent of the cases of polio are in security-vulnerable areas.” CasesSecurityDiseasePercentAreasVulnerableNinetyPolio Author:Bill Gates
“Polio's pretty special because once you get an eradication, you no longer have to spend money on it; it's just there as a gift for the rest of time.” SpecialDiseasePolio Author:Bill Gates
“I don't think there is any philosophy that suggests having polio is a good thing.” ThinkingPhilosophyDiseaseGood ThingsPolio Author:Bill Gates
“I think disease and all the things that we treat are tied to national security in a lot of ways that we maybe don't realize or that the American people don't realize. If other countries have a chance to be stable, then that helps us. If there are ways we can prevent if there are ways we can help other countries defeat diseases, we're about to totally eradicate polio. And can you imagine? That would be so terrific.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayCountryHelpingWould BeRealizingChanceImagineSecurityDiseaseTreatsDefeatHelping OthersStableImagine ThatTiedOther CountriesNational SecurityTerrificPolio Author:Laura Bush
“I really do think cancer will largely be a solved problem. I think most of the infectious diseases like malaria - our foundation is very involved - once we're finishing polio eradication, then starting up this malaria eradication, and getting that done as fast as we can.” ThinkingDoneProblemInvolvedDiseaseFoundationStartingCancerFinishingMalariaPolioSolved ProblemsInfectious DiseasesStarting Up Author:Bill Gates
“I do not argue that nature is sacrosanct in the sense that we must never tamper with nature. That would disempower, really, all of medicine. That would mean that we can't combat dread diseases - malaria, polio, all of which are given by nature, if one thinks about it.” IfsThinkingMeanGivenDiseaseMedicineArguingCombatDreadMalariaPolio Author:Michael Sandel
“We have two other countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan - again it's the instability that is a problem there. So over the next several years, we expect to drive the number of [polio] cases back down to zero because that is likely to be the second disease after smallpox that we completely eradicate.” YearsTwoCountryProblemNextNumbersCasesDiseaseZeroAfghanistanOther CountriesPakistanInstabilityPolioSmallpox Author:Bill Gates
“If somebody is working on a new medicine, computer science helps us model those things. We have a whole group here in Seattle called the Institute for Disease Modelling that is a mix of computer science and math-type people, and the progress we're making in polio or plans for malaria or really driven by their deep insights.” PeopleIfsWholeHelpingProgressPlansGroupsTypeDiseaseComputerModelsMedicineInsightMathDrivenInstituteComputer ScienceSeattleMalariaModellingPolio Author:Bill Gates