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* The original blog post on ''GatesNotes'' can be found [https://www.gatesnotes.com/XKCD-Marks-the-Spot here]. | * The original blog post on ''GatesNotes'' can be found [https://www.gatesnotes.com/XKCD-Marks-the-Spot here]. | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| β | 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. Unlike diseases that are more difficult to treat, such as HIV, polio can be | + | 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. Unlike diseases that are more difficult to treat, such as HIV, polio can be treated easily by vaccination. |
[[Hairy]] treats polio as a disease that requires exotic methods to contain when, as [[Ponytail]] explains, polio can be effectively contained and eradicated using conventional methods. The joke is that Hairy densely refuses to accept the simple but effective conventional methods presented to him by Ponytail. He instead offers ridiculously complicated methods such as crowdsourcing, using apps and 3D printers, genetically engineering the common cold, and nanobots as an alternative, ignoring the tried and true conventional methods. | [[Hairy]] treats polio as a disease that requires exotic methods to contain when, as [[Ponytail]] explains, polio can be effectively contained and eradicated using conventional methods. The joke is that Hairy densely refuses to accept the simple but effective conventional methods presented to him by Ponytail. He instead offers ridiculously complicated methods such as crowdsourcing, using apps and 3D printers, genetically engineering the common cold, and nanobots as an alternative, ignoring the tried and true conventional methods. | ||
