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So, even impossible things can be made possible if there's enough determination and political will.

• forlorn_mammoth 3mo ago
  eliminate malaria from the continental US. Check. eliminate smallpox. Check. eliminate measles. Own goal.
  • itintheory 3mo ago
    Another own goal - eliminate screw worm from north america...
  • thatoneengineer 3mo ago
    Don't forget screwworms! https://cr.usembassy.gov/sections-offices/aphis/screwworm-program/ https://cr.usembassy.gov/sections-offices/aphis/screwworm-pr...
• gbacon 3mo ago
  Is it your position that private pest control could not achieve the same or better result for at most the same cost? Are you an economic calculation problem denier?
  • stackedinserter 3mo ago
    Can you keep going and generate more assumptions about me?
  • RetroTechie 3mo ago
    It's possible even the strongest believers in privatized-everything-is-better can change their minds given time & enough examples of effective public sector.