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BillK,<br>
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Wow, that was very educational. Thanks. This is the greatest part of
participating in such an educated group.<br>
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Of course any such <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://canonizer.com">http://canonizer.com</a> effort would seek to link up
with all such efforts and work together with any and all interested in
pushing such efforts forward and a very dynamic and ever progressing
leaderless networked way. That wikipedia article indicated that
'comunication' was a big part of the problem. A topic that went viral
on a world wide bases and so encouraged everyone to get involved at
least enough to 'sign' and forward, could be a big place where
canonizer.com would be a big way we could contribute to the effort.<br>
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In addition, as with any such world wide multi country efforts, there
is going to be different POV on what is most important to do next,
where, the reasons for such, and so on. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://canonizer.com">http://canonizer.com</a> would
seek to concisely state the diversity of beliefs about such plans and
needs, and concisely measure the consensus for all such thinking -
enabling much more ability to discover where there is agreement on any
actionable items, and precisely what is required to achieve all of
them, in highest priority order, according to the largest consensus.
All this instead of having to endlessly argue over any disagreements in
priority or reasons or initial directions, debating who has authority
for what, and so on - as mostly disables and prevents so many people
from getting involved in any such efforts today.<br>
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Brent Allsop<br>
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BillK wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 8:32 PM, Brent Allsop wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Of course you or I, as individuals, sending a letter to third world country
leaders would likely do nothing. But wouldn't something like a dynamic
always improving petition that goes viral and is signed by millions of
people showing gross comprehensive agreement by everyone on the importance
of such critical actionable issues (including any other points of view, and
quantitative measures of consensus of such, if any) have a chance of
changing the world for the better?
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I think there is a bit of a misunderstanding in this discussion.
Iodine deficiency is a well-known problem that the World Health
Organization, UNICEF and others have been working on since 1990. And
they have made great improvements, although more still needs to be
done.
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodine_deficiency"><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodine_deficiency></a>
UNICEF published a progress report in 2007.
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/Sustainable_Elimination_of_Iodine_Deficiency.pdf"><http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/Sustainable_Elimination_of_Iodine_Deficiency.pdf></a>
Quote:
A worldwide effort has dramatically raised the proportion of people
consuming iodized salt from less than 20 per cent in 1990 to about 70
per cent by 2000. Thirty-four countries have achieved the elimination
of iodine deficiency through universal salt iodization. By 2006, more
than 120 countries were implementing salt iodization programmes, an
increase of one third in just six years compared to the 90 countries
with such programmes in 2000.
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Of the remaining problem countries many are involved in conflict
situations and have difficulty implementing *any* public health
measures. But the effort is continuing.
BillK
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