WATCH: Jimmy Carter's official state funeral held in Washington
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The official state funeral will be held on Thursday, Jan. 9 at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. All five living U.S. presidents are expected to attend.

How many are watching the President Carter Funeral proceedings.

I have my complaints about the US and US politics and news but I wanted to watch some of this event just to see this historic event. Of all the modern US presidents, living and recently deceased, Carter was one of the most respected of them all.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    Name another US President sincerely interested in eliminating the guinea worm… Seriously…

    When Carter got involved, there were millions of cases every year. Last year? 14.

    Not million, not thousand, 14. Period. Full stop.

    https://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/index.html

    “In 1986, the disease afflicted an estimated 3.5 million people a year in 21 countries in Africa and Asia. Today, thanks to the work of The Carter Center and its partners — including the countries themselves — the incidence of Guinea worm has been reduced by more than 99.99 percent to 14 provisional* human cases in 2023.”