Assertion: polio | /r/HasProperty | eliminated
Facets:
value: from the united states
type: LOCATION
value: thanks to widespread polio vaccination
type: CAUSE
value: completely
type: DEGREE
value: worldwide
type: LOCATION
value: all but
type: DEGREE
value: since 1979
type: TEMPORAL
value: because of a highly effective vaccine
type: CAUSE
value: from the americas
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: More importantly, year-to-date polio cases in 2015 are well below what they were at this time in 2014 and wild virus types 2 (the last case was in 1999 and it was declared eradicated in 2015) and 3 (the last case was in 2012) polio appear to have been eliminated.
text: Because poliomyelitis has been eliminated from the Americas, each reported case of suspected poliomyelitis should be followed up by local and state health departments in close collaboration with CDC.
text: Polio has been considered eliminated from the United States since 1979, thanks to the effectiveness of these two vaccines.
text: Polio has been eliminated from the United States thanks to widespread polio vaccination in this country.
text: Polio has been eliminated from the United States, but it still occurs in other parts of the world.
text: Polio has been eliminated from the United States thanks to widespread polio vaccination in this country.
text: Polio has been eliminated from the United States.
text: Today, however, polio is all but eliminated worldwide because of a highly effective vaccine, originally tested in monkeys.
text: In pushing the idea that polio hasn’t been eliminated, but rather just redefined, they also miss that:
text: With a little more effort it is possible that polio will be completely eliminated one day.
text: Polio has been eliminated from the United States, but it still occurs in other parts of the world.
text: If polio is eliminated, it will be the third time such a feat has been achieved after smallpox and rinderpest.