Talk:Eradication of infectious diseases

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Hello @Macdonald-ross: Why remove these? Invasive Spices (talk) 20:41, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Section deletions: Measles morbillivirus, Yellow fever virus, Treponema pallidum (read edit summaries)

Measles morbillivirus, Yellow fever virus sections describing halts in vaccination are from 2020. Out of date. Get ready for 2023 soon 2024.

Treponema pallidum: Cited reference describes a FAILED campaign from over twenty years ago--not eradication.

Read the edit summaries, @Invasive Spices, please. --Gotanda (talk) 04:28, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

I did. You should read mine. You removed on topic, WP:RS and neutrally phrased text. Updates are always welcome. If you continue to remove RS cited text citing your personal opinions then I'll have no choice but to familiarise myself with whatever WP:DR is here. Invasive Spices (talk) 19:12, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

COVID-19 effect on Mumps orthorubulavirus and polio

Not what the ref said. Limited effect in just nine countries. Stop this exaggeration. Deleted. --Gotanda (talk) 22:45, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

More nonsense on more articles. It appears you want to force a conflict on ANI. Invasive Spices (talk) 19:20, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

OED

I've got a version of the OED {it's in two huge volumes).

Eradication: to pull up or tear up at the roots; to root out; to extirpate.

Eliminate: to throw out; to put out; to expel; to get rid of.

Macdonald-ross (talk) 16:09, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes these two terms are used various ways. The WHO most often recommends "eradicate" only for intentional global extinction and "eliminate" for only a country. However even their publications aren't perfectly consistent. If the distinction matters "global eradication" and "global elimination" must be used instead. Invasive Spices (talk) 21:53, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Lymphatic filariasis section content not born out by the refs or directly contradicted

These two statements are not true according to the cited reference. "The World Health Assembly thinks lymphatic filariasis has high eradicability. The World Health Assembly thinks lymphatic filariasis is one of the most eradicable diseases." --Deleted.

The source states, "One of the six infectious diseases that the International Task Force for Disease Elimination has determined to be "eradicable" or “potentially (emphasis mine) eradicable” is lymphatic filariasis (LF)." Not "high eradiability," which is also borne out by Section 9, "Challenges in eliminating lymphatic filariasis," which outlines the many serious difficulties in eradicating this disease.

Calling for eradication is a noble statement and goal. Highlighting a disease as in need of control is also, But neither is the same as making it happen.

@Invasive Spices, please stop adding misinformation by distorting and exagerrating statements from references. --Gotanda (talk) 06:52, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Volumous nonsense. The usual method to deal with that is to begin with a one way interaction ban. Invasive Spices (talk) 21:50, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Short description

Hello @Ferien: Why remove the short description? Invasive Spices (talk) 21:09, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

@Invasive Spices: Hi there. The {{short description}} template isn't supported on our project, so its transclusions are removed every few months. Wikidata can be used for descriptions – this is the case for all Wikimedia projects apart from the English Wikipedia. --Ferien (talk) 21:48, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

I didn't know that. There doesn't appear to be a wikidata:Short description to explain usage. Invasive Spices (talk) 20:52, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Guinea worm

Deleted this, "Former President of the United States of America Carter wants to make Guinea Worm the 2nd eradicated human disease. The Carter Center's International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) works to achieve this goal.

" as the reference does not appear to mention President Carter or Guinea worm. --Gotanda (talk) 23:24, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Gotanda (talk) 23:24, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Penguins

Removed, "This includes conservation of penguoins" as the cited reference Marisela Martínez-Ruiz, Cheryl R. Dykstra, Travis L. Booms, Michael T. Henderson makes no mention of penguins. --Gotanda (talk) 02:44, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

(Updated to remove vandalism) And, the singling out of penguins for no apparent reason looks like undue weight unless there is something in particular about malaria and penguins. --Gotanda (talk) 07:00, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello @Qempoezx: Why did you write Donald Trump? Invasive Spices (talk) 22:25, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

I will reply tomorrow when time permits. Invasive Spices (talk) 22:26, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Carter center

Source needed for "The Carter Center International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) helps Haiti and the Dominican Republic to cooperate to do this." The original citation describes the center as encouraging, but not helping. --Gotanda (talk) 02:50, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

I will reply tomorrow when time permits. Invasive Spices (talk) 22:26, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

That's an insufficient reason to remove the text. However I'm also insufficiently concerned to war about help vs encourage so I have changed it to that version. Invasive Spices (talk) 22:03, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

COVID ref

The Haywood and Macintyre reference for eradicability of COVID is long out of date (summer 2020 was very early days of the pandemic) and is cited incorrectly with a publication date of 2023 instead so it appears newer. It's right there in the title that eradication is a hypothetical, "Elimination of COVID-19: what would it look like and is it possible?". Removed. --Gotanda (talk) 01:07, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

COVID eradication in Indonesia is not a thing that exists. The cited ref was for "vaccine preventable" diseases, which COVID is not. See the WHO ref earlier in the section. Removed. --Gotanda (talk) 01:11, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Benefits section directly contradicted by the cited source

"Benefits Eradication of avian malaria and/or eradication of avian malaria vectors would help conservation. This includes conservation of penguins." Citings Ings and Denk, but they write that, "In addition, their relative tolerance for infection may also facilitate the evolution of more virulent Plasmodium species. This local reservoir of infection makes eradication and prevention of disease in captive birds highly challenging" and conclude that not eradication, but, "diagnosis and appropriate management will likely be critical in the conservation of these popular and iconic birds" is the path. Removed. --Gotanda (talk) 01:19, 1 March 2024 (UTC)