If we had a $1 pill you could take that innoculated you against the common cold, it would be cheap and worthwhile to eradicate. These things are expensive exactly because we have poor tools to deal with them.
TB on the other hand mostly went away because we developed a working vaccine.
> Skepticism is one thing; ignorance is an entirely different animal altogether. One challenge facing us is a populace poorly educated in science is increasingly unable to differentiate between the two.
The solution to poor scientific understanding is not to bully people into beleiving in science as an article of faith, but to fix the scientific education so that's not necessary.
TB on the other hand mostly went away because we developed a working vaccine.
> Skepticism is one thing; ignorance is an entirely different animal altogether. One challenge facing us is a populace poorly educated in science is increasingly unable to differentiate between the two.
The solution to poor scientific understanding is not to bully people into beleiving in science as an article of faith, but to fix the scientific education so that's not necessary.