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Photo of two boys - one vaccinated against smallpox, the other not - published in 1901 by Dr. Allan Warner. Smallpox killed over half a billion people in the 20th century alone. On 8 May 1980, the WHO announced its eradication, which was achieved through #vaccines, surveillance, and containment.

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I asked DeepSeek three questions: - How does China treat the Uyghur Muslims? - Is Taiwan part of China? - What happened in Tiananmen Square in the 1980s? Here are DeepSeek's answers:

submitted 25 days ago • 110 comments

£3 a week pays for all your GP services This is 67p less than 8 years ago in real terms If you can’t see a GP it’s because NHS England have cut the funding for GP practices

submitted 66 days ago • 4 comments

Healthcare - you get what you pay for £3600 the average Tax/person/year goes to #NHS £165 to General Practice Discussion yesterday with a US expat - £7600 basic US insurance cover for a fit & healthy 26yr old (still pay for use) Without the NHS what could you afford? Private GP appt £79 #Medsky

submitted 71 days ago • 4 comments

The calm after the storm Lough Foyle from Greencastle #stormdarragh #Inishowen #Ireland

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Vaccination works! Meningococcal C cases in UK down by 99% since a vaccination for it was added to childhood routine 25 years ago. Only three tragic cases in the past year www.gov.uk/government/n...

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