India polio-free for one year.

[Deep13]

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http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/13/145183856/india-marks-a-year-free-of-polio?ps=sh_stcathdl

"A year ago today, India saw its last recorded case of polio in an 18-month-old girl in West Bengal named Rukhsar Khatoon. She recovered without lasting paralysis.

"One year without another case is an impressive milestone in the decades-long effort to wipe the poliovirus from the face of the planet. Only a few years ago, India reported more polio cases than anywhere else — as many as 100,000 cases a year. ***"

[xchrom]

1. ...

[jberryhill]

2. I think you can get it free for two years in China

[Deep13]

3. There, happy now? nt

[jberryhill]

5. It's a tough headline to write

You can still read it my way, though.

[Deep13]

6. It's a hyphen, not a dash. nt

[jberryhill]

8. Yeah well, I always figure it's a typo

As if any of the apostrophe-pluralizing rabble on internet forums gave a damn about whether it is a dash or a hyphen.

[Deep13]

11. It's still a hyphen. Ergo "polio-free" is one word.

You've got a real knack for dumping cold water on good news.

[jberryhill]

12. By kicking a thread?

1. It's great news.

2. I love ambiguous headlines. I used to read the NYT years ago, and there was quite often a little "easter egg" hidden on the front page, either in photo captions, juxtapositions, or by cleverly re-punctuating them.

[ellisonz]

4. Good news. n/t

[GoneOffShore]

7. Good news - polio vaccine and herd immunity. n/t

[ret5hd]

9. Oh no!!! Autism rates have skyrocketed in India!!!

just kidding.

[Odin2005]

10. I'm sure the anti-vax crazies will insist that vaccines have nothing to do with it.