Shawn L. Bird

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polio today- we’re THIS CLOSE! September 14, 2012

Filed under: Commentary,Rotary — Shawn L. Bird @ 12:30 am
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http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek.aspx

Wow.  From a thousand cases a DAY when Rotary started the campaign to eradicate polio back in 1985 to only 134 cases so far in ALL of 2012!!

Yay Rotary and partners!  We’re THIS CLOSE to ending polio!

 

3 Responses to “polio today- we’re THIS CLOSE!”

  1. Shawn L. Bird's avatar Shawn Bird Says:

    Note to self: when doing pictures for promotional purposes, wear make-up, do your hair, and get enough sleep! Arg! lol I think I’m going to have to get a re-do on this one sometime soon. :-S

  2. Michael's avatar summerstommy2 Says:

    That’s an amazing stat Shawn. Thanks.


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