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| title = XKCD Marks the Spot | | title = XKCD Marks the Spot | ||
| image = world_polio_day.png | | image = world_polio_day.png | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | An extra comic drawn by [[Randall]] for [http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/XKCD-Marks-the-Spot Bill Gates' blog] to celebrate World Polio Day. As noted, the disease {{w|polio}} has nearly been eradicated, with only a few isolated pockets remaining. | + | {{incomplete|I'm not very good at explaining these things, but maybe someone else can fix it}} |
− | + | An extra comic drawn by [[Randall]] for [http://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/XKCD-Marks-the-Spot Bill Gates' blog] to celebrate World Polio Day. As noted, the disease {{w|polio}} has nearly been eradicated, with only a few isolated pockets remaining. Current methods of eradicating it are working well. As [[Ponytail]] is explaining this, [[Hairy]] for some reason claims that they need different methods. He then makes a series of increasingly ridiculous suggestions on different ways to eradicate polio, using overly advanced and complicated (and in some cases, nonexistent) technology. This may be because current methods are lacking the effort and funding to continue. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Ponytail: The Polio nightmare is almost over. | :Ponytail: The Polio nightmare is almost over. | ||
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:Ponytail: By testing, monitoring, isolating, and vaccinating, we've pushed polio back, town by town, to just a few isolated pockets. | :Ponytail: By testing, monitoring, isolating, and vaccinating, we've pushed polio back, town by town, to just a few isolated pockets. | ||
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:Hairy: Sounds like we need a whole new strategy. | :Hairy: Sounds like we need a whole new strategy. | ||
:Ponytail: Huh? | :Ponytail: Huh? | ||
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:Hairy: How about we crowdsource it? Hold an online vote on which regions to vaccinate next! | :Hairy: How about we crowdsource it? Hold an online vote on which regions to vaccinate next! | ||
:Off-Panel Ponytail: What? No. We just need to stay focused. | :Off-Panel Ponytail: What? No. We just need to stay focused. | ||
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:Ponytail: We're ''99.9%'' of the way there. We know how polio spreads and how to beat it. We've done it in almost every country. We just have to finish the job. | :Ponytail: We're ''99.9%'' of the way there. We know how polio spreads and how to beat it. We've done it in almost every country. We just have to finish the job. | ||
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:Hairy: Lets develop a mobile app that checks users for polio, then uses a 3D printer to—<!-- sic (It says lets, not let's for let us) --> | :Hairy: Lets develop a mobile app that checks users for polio, then uses a 3D printer to—<!-- sic (It says lets, not let's for let us) --> | ||
:Ponytail: No, we need to keep doing what we're doing: working with locals, testing people who show symptoms, monitoring sewage and vaccinating. | :Ponytail: No, we need to keep doing what we're doing: working with locals, testing people who show symptoms, monitoring sewage and vaccinating. | ||
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:Ponytail: If we stop now, a few steps from the finish line, the virus could quickly roll back decades of gains. | :Ponytail: If we stop now, a few steps from the finish line, the virus could quickly roll back decades of gains. | ||
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:Hairy: We should genetically engineer the common cold to ''fight'' the polio virus. Then we could cure the cold by— | :Hairy: We should genetically engineer the common cold to ''fight'' the polio virus. Then we could cure the cold by— | ||
:Off-Panel Ponytail: We ''have'' the tools. We know what to do. We just need the money and the effort to do it. | :Off-Panel Ponytail: We ''have'' the tools. We know what to do. We just need the money and the effort to do it. | ||
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:Ponytail: We beat smallpox this way. We can beat polio, too. | :Ponytail: We beat smallpox this way. We can beat polio, too. | ||
:Hairy: Okay, okay, I understand. | :Hairy: Okay, okay, I understand. | ||
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:Hairy: ''Nanobots.'' With a fleet of polio-fighting nanobots, we— | :Hairy: ''Nanobots.'' With a fleet of polio-fighting nanobots, we— | ||
:Off-Screen Ponytail: ''Eye on the ball!'' | :Off-Screen Ponytail: ''Eye on the ball!'' |