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TRM's avatar

"probably do more good if they spent the $1.6 billion dollars that they have raised so far, on toilets and septic systems for communities that need them" - probably? No probably about it.

Basic sanitation is the bedrock of public health care. Clean water going in and deal with the excrement coming out intelligently. Nothing else is close. It is the ONLY one that can improve every infectious disease across the board. Everything better with that in place.

As far as public health accomplishments go it's the tops by a large margin. NPK would be next as once you've got clean water & sanitation, you need enough calories to stay alive. Third goes to antibiotics even though we've screwed them up with overuse. Fourth goes to vaccines mostly due to the eradication of smallpox (a permanent solution to an old problem).

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Alanna Hartzok's avatar

yes to toilets and septic tanks! Sanitation has done more to address infectious disease than any and all vaxxes! Read Destroying Illusions by Dr. SuzanneHumphries.

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