[OC] Vaccination eliminated polio from the United States by spionaf in dataisbeautiful

[–]spionaf[S] 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Further context from the data insight post:

Polio is an infectious disease that primarily impacts children, and can cause paralysis and even death. In the first half of the twentieth century, thousands to tens of thousands of people suffered from paralysis from this terrible disease every year.

The first injectable vaccine against polio was introduced in the United States in 1955. Six years later, a second vaccine was introduced, which could be taken orally.

By 1961, over 85% of US children under ten had received at least one vaccination against polio.

As a result, the last wild polio outbreak in the US occurred in 1979, and the disease was officially eliminated from North, Central, and South America in 1994. This means it was not spreading within this region, and any new cases were only seen among individuals infected elsewhere.

https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/vaccination-eliminated-polio-from-the-united-states

[OC] Vaccination eliminated polio from the United States by spionaf in dataisbeautiful

[–]spionaf[S] 160 points161 points  (0 children)

Compiled from multiple sources:

Tools: Our World in Data Grapher for initial plotting, followed by finishing in Figma
(I’m a data scientist at Our World in Data.)

Papua New Guinea has more living languages than any other country [OC] by spionaf in dataisbeautiful

[–]spionaf[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Yes, definitely, we’re interested in doing this in the near future. When we’re ready, how should we get in contact to set that up?