[HN Gopher] Guinea worm disease is close to being eradicated ___________________________________________________________________ Guinea worm disease is close to being eradicated Author : Brajeshwar Score : 88 points Date : 2023-11-23 16:18 UTC (6 hours ago) (HTM) web link (ourworldindata.org) (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#... ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-11-23 23:00 UTC)