nehala

nehala OP t1_j0y5yym wrote

Reply to comment by InbhirNis in TIL that in Tok Pisin, the English-based creole language spoken by millions in Papua New Guinea, the vocabularly is often unrecognizably shifted in meaning from English, for example: "as ples" [ass place -> place of origin], "maus gras" [mouth grass -> moustache], or "belhat" [belly hot -> angry] by nehala

Yep! "Bilong" is Tok Pisin.

Actually, Tok Pisin only has two prepositions, "bilong" (of) and "long" (along, in, to, at,...)

So, "My place of origin/hometown is in California" would be "Asples bilong mi long California."

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nehala t1_itaauql wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in CDC is discussing using oral polio vaccine for first time in 20 years to stop New York outbreak by geoxol

That's not how this works.

Polio vaccination rate had been high enough for decades that even the unvaccinated (either voluntarily or those who can't be vaccinated due to medical reasons) were protected due to herd immunity, so polio cases were reduced to nearly nil in the US (including NYC) for years

(see chart...I know it ends in 1975 but I'm writing this on the go and this is what i can find in a hurry... but anyway the point is that it's been pretty damn low since then: https://www.rescuepost.com/.a/6a00d8357f3f2969e201b7c829fd15970b-600wi )

Due to antivaxxers the vaccination rate has dropped enough that herd immunity has been lost and polio cases are rebounding for the first time since the mid 20th century.

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