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Originally posted by ThunderBalls
Neither of these diseases have been 'cured', they are only avoided with immunizations. If you were to get one of these diseases there would be no cure. But you are correct, they have been just about eliminated. These were really the last major medical breakthroughs and it was 50 years ago. It is obvious conventional medicine is interested only in coming up with new drugs to treat symptoms rather than cure anything.
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That's a pretty thin line... if we don't suffer their effects either way, what's the difference between 'cured' and 'avoided'? In both cases we're not at all affected by them. The only practical difference I can see is that 'cured' means we don't ever need a shot, and 'avoided' means we need a shot when we're a kid and another as a teenager.
Perhaps the definitions of 'cured' you're using are a little unrealistic. With as incredibly complex a system as the human body, success at defeating an ailment has to be measured on a continuum instead of a black and white "cured" or "not cured" basis. Take your average diabetic... diabetes may not have been cured, but medical technology has made it possible for diabetics to live more or less normal lives and improvements are constantly being made to push a diabetic's status towards "cured".
They may not have cured influenza either, but I've had a flu shot ever year for the last 4 years and not had a single day out with the flu since.
By all means though, if you're angry at the medical establishment then disassociate yourself from it. I'm sure you'll get along just fine without antibiotics, vaccines, antihistamines or any of the other useful tools we have available to ward off disease.
