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Smallpox is the only disease
that has ever been eradicated. After it was wiped off
the face of the planet in 1980, a group of organizations
decided polio would be next. When Bill and Melinda's foundation
joined the fight, hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent
to save hundreds of thousands of lives. But progress flatlined, and in Nigeria, the number of polio cases
had nearly tripled in just one year. So there was a fork in the road of
that has ever been eradicated. After it was wiped off
the face of the planet in 1980, a group of organizations
decided polio would be next. When Bill and Melinda's foundation
joined the fight, hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent
to save hundreds of thousands of lives. But progress flatlined, and in Nigeria, the number of polio cases
had nearly tripled in just one year. So there was a fork in the road of
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Smallpox is the only disease
that has ever been eradicated.
00:00:06.214 --> 00:00:08.966
After it was wiped off
the face of the planet in 1980,
00:00:09.258 --> 00:00:12.047
a group of organizations
decided polio would be next.
00:00:14.138 --> 00:00:16.516
When Bill and Melinda's foundation
joined the fight,
00:00:16.599 --> 00:00:18.351
hundreds of millions of dollars
00:00:18.434 --> 00:00:21.027
have been spent
to save hundreds of thousands of lives.
00:00:22.188 --> 00:00:25.107
But progress flatlined, and in Nigeria,
00:00:25.316 --> 00:00:29.278
the number of polio cases
had nearly tripled in just one year.
00:00:31.404 --> 00:00:33.996
So there was a fork in the road of...
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Movie Summary
A documentary that tells Bill Gates' life story as he pursues solutions to some of the world's most complex problems.
