Please share your favorite #publichealth SUCCESS story.

I will start, with 2 powerful examples of how policy and science can work together.

1.The eradication of smallpox.

A brilliant combo of science (Edward Jenner& #39;s use of cowpox for early vaccines in the 1790s), combined with a concerted #publichealth strategy of identification, containment, & ring vaccination.
https://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/history/history.html">https://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/...

2. Drunk driving.

Thanks to concerted media messaging, victims services, advocacy, and commitment to accurate data, @MADDOnline (along with others) decreased drunk driving deaths by >50%. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15389580600727705?src=recsys&journalCode=gcpi20">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...

3. The development of trauma systems in America.

The work of @AmCollSurgeons (including @Stewartr84) - while still ongoing - has helped trauma surgeons, EMS, and emergency physicians to save millions of American lives. https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/trauma/tqp/systems-programs/trauma-series/part-i">https://www.facs.org/quality-p...