Reddit_Lurker1929 t1_j4ivp5f wrote on January 16, 2023 at 12:59 AM

Reply to comment by criticalpwnage in Pakistan launches anti-polio drive targeting 44M children by tonymmorley

Not so much anti-vax more that it's just an unsafe area.

CaptainBitnerd t1_j4jom3o wrote on January 16, 2023 at 4:35 AM

Anti-polio in particular, in Pakistan. ISTR the way Bin Laden got found was some operation masquerading as a polio vaccination campaign. But also not not unsafe.

Reddit_Lurker1929 t1_j4jqo8n wrote on January 16, 2023 at 4:53 AM

I didn't know that. Thanks

CaptainBitnerd t1_j4jrt4h wrote on January 16, 2023 at 5:02 AM

My bad. The thing specific to Bin Laden was Hep B, but it bled over to polio efforts by association.

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/06/1034631928/the-cias-hunt-for-bin-laden-has-had-lasting-repercussions-for-ngos-in-pakistan