Here's a short list of diseases that were once devastating but we rarely think of anymore.

⚠️ Warning: Some gross images ahead.⚠️

(I posted a version of this thread on Twitter in 2021 about our many public-health victories of the past.

But given #Twitter, itself, is now so full of #PublicHealth #misinformation, I figured I'd repost a version of it here on #Mastodon.)

Here goes ...