[HN Gopher] Guinea worm disease is close to being eradicated
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       Guinea worm disease is close to being eradicated
        
       Author : Brajeshwar
       Score  : 88 points
       Date   : 2023-11-23 16:18 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (ourworldindata.org)
        
       | metadat wrote:
       | In case you were wondering what a guinea worm looks like when it
       | comes out..
       | 
       | https://www.imago-images.com/bild/st/0091734926/s.jpg
       | 
       |  _Warning: Quite Gross Nightmare Fuel_
        
       | toomuchtodo wrote:
       | Polio [1] and guinea worm! If you're looking for something to be
       | thankful for today, I've found you something in today's threads.
       | More examples welcomed!
       | 
       | [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38392277
        
         | Retric wrote:
         | In my lifetime there's been a significant reduction (over 20%)
         | in the rate of cancer deaths each year, car accident
         | fatalities, and CO2 production in the US which has mostly been
         | through better technology and therefore able to spread.
         | 
         | Globally not everything has improved everywhere but generally
         | people are much better in both major and less obvious ways. The
         | global literacy rate in 1980 was 68.8% and by 2020 it reached
         | 86.8%.
         | https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/WLD/world/literacy-rat...
         | 
         | Edit: Lots of downvotes, I guess people don't like good news?
        
       | beefman wrote:
       | Current status:
       | 
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eradication_of_dracunculiasis#...
        
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