Australia could become first country to eradicate cervical cancer
I think this shows that a technical solution trumps social solutions. If Australia had relied on telling children not to have unprotected sex, the HPV rate would not have moved much. Now, a simple vaccine is eradicating cervical HPV.<p>Malthus made a big deal how people should have fewer children and the population still grew. With the invention of safe, effective, convenient birth control, world population levels are stabilizing, and even starting to shrink in developed countries.<p>We need more "fire and forget" solutions. If we want to save our environment and slow down global warming, we need solutions that at most require people to do something relatively painless 1 time. Anything that relies of persuading humans to change their long term behavior is doomed to failure.