American Positive Contributions to the World

Here is just one area: The Developers of Vaccines:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vaccine_topics

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Thomas Francis, Jr. - American

Thomas Francis, Jr. (15 July 1900 – 1 October 1969) was an American physician, virologist, and epidemiologist. Francis was the first person to isolate influenza virus in America, and in 1940 showed that there are other strains of influenza, and took part in the development of influenza vaccines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Francis,_Jr.

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Maurice Hilleman - American

Maurice Ralph Hilleman (August 30, 1919 – April 11, 2005) was an American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed over 36 vaccines, more than any other scientist. Of the 14 vaccines routinely recommended in current vaccine schedules, he developed eight: those for measles, mumps, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, chickenpox, meningitis, pneumonia and Haemophilus influenzae bacteria.[1] He also played a role in the discovery of the cold-producing adenoviruses, the hepatitis viruses, and the cancer-causing virus SV40.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Hilleman

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Edward Jenner - English

Edward Anthony Jenner, FRS (17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823) was an English physician and scientist from Berkeley, Gloucestershire, who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine.[1] He is often called "the father of immunology", and his work is said to have "saved more lives than the work of any other man".[

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jenner


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Hilary Koprowski - Polish

Hilary Koprowski (born December 5, 1916) is a Polish virologist and immunologist, and inventor of the world's first effective live polio vaccine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Koprowski


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Paul Offit - American

Paul A. Offit is an American pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases and an expert on vaccines, immunology, and virology. He is the co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine that has been credited with saving hundreds of lives every day. Offit is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania, Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, and the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He has been a member of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Offit is also a Founding Board Member of the Autism Science Foundation (ASF).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Offit

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Louis Pasteur - French


Louis Pasteur - December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist who was one of the most important founders of medical microbiology. He is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of diseases. His discoveries reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and he created the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur

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Stanley Plotkin - American

Stanley Plotkin is an American physician who works as an adviser at pharmaceutical firm Sanofi Pasteur. In the 1960s, he played a pivotal role in discovery of a vaccine against rubella virus while working at Wistar Institute in Philadelphia. Plotkin was a member of Wistar’s active research faculty from 1960 to 1991. Today, in addition to his emeritus appointment at Wistar, he is emeritus professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania. His book, "Vaccines",[1][2] is the standard reference. He is an editor with Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, which is published by the American Society of Microbiology in Washington, DC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Plotkin

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Albert Sabin - American

Albert Bruce Sabin (August 26, 1906 – March 3, 1993) was an American medical researcher best known for having developed an oral polio vaccine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Sabin

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Jonas Salk - American

Jonas Edward Salk (October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American medical researcher and virologist, best known for his discovery and development of the first polio vaccine. He was born in New York City to Jewish parents. Although they had little formal education, his parents were determined to see their children succeed. While attending New York University School of Medicine, Salk stood out from his peers not just because of his academic prowess, but because he went into medical research instead of becoming a practicing physician.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Salk

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Marshall Lightowlers - Australian

Professor Marshall Lightowlers began his career in the field of parasitology during a post-doctoral appointment at the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science in Adelaide where he undertook research on ovine sarcocystosis. In 1981 he began a post-doctoral position at The University of Melbourne, Veterinary Clinical Centre and began a research career focusing on the immunology and molecular biology of taeniid cestode parasites. His initial research at the University of Melbourne investigated the immunochemistry of antigens of Taenia taeniaeformis and Echinococcus granulosus. Subsequently he was a member of a team of scientists that developed a vaccine against Taenia ovis infection in sheep, the first recombinant vaccine against a parasitic disease. In 1989 Lightowlers took over leadership of the molecular parasitology research laboratories at the University of Melbourne and began applying the lessons learnt in the T. ovis research to the development of similar vaccines against infection with the larval stages of other cestode parasites. This led to the development of highly effective, recombinant vaccines against cysticercosis in cattle due to Taenia saginata and in pigs due to Taenia solium. In collaboration with Dr David Heath in New Zealand, he and his colleagues also produced a recombinant vaccine against hydatid disease in sheep. This vaccine has proven successful in experimental trials carried out in Argentina, China, New Zealand and Australia and is being manufactured for commercial application. These vaccines remain uniquely effective in the field of parasitology.


Established in 1938, IMVS Pathology is a wholly South Australian medically-led network of pathology laboratories, providing the people of metropolitan and rural South Australia with comprehensive quality pathology and integrated clinical services. IMVS Pathology has over 60 patient collection centres and numerous laboratories conveniently located throughout South Australia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Lightowlers

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So the Score is:

Polish - 1

English - 1

French - 1

Austrailian - 1

American - 6

So Americans who represent 4% of the world's population, are credited with developing 60% of the individually developed important vaccines. Go Figure....



In almost any field of positive, life affirming, world wide beneficial innovation, you will find similar results.

HOWEVER! The America rate of contributions since the advent of "The Great Society" has significantly slowed.

At the same time, the contribtutions being made by non-American societies, such as China, since they have adopted Capitalism ( at least in part ) has gone up considerably.




Will America continue to be the powerhouse of innovation and technical progress under the new Obama doctrines?




Are America's best days behind her, due to our adoption of Socialism?



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so one thing vaccinations is what you mean not all innovation and technical progress thats what you really said isnt it, if we do the inventions game america doesnt win Ill tell you that now before we go any further

 

You forgot democracy.

The Founding Freemasons first invented democracy in the modern era.

The copied the Greeks and Romans, from ancient history, and the Parliament, from English.

That was the key to everything else.

 

shh americans think they invented democracy, its a secret we like to keep from them that it existed thousands of years before their country did

 

Food — Many Americans are under the impression that until America came along, the world was hungry, and that America invented food, such as the previously mentioned apple pie (stolen from Britain), hot dogs (stolen from a German guy), Kumara (they stole it from New Zealand and called it sweet potatoes), hamburgers, pizza, bacon, and broccoli (thank God, it wasn't us). Did I mention apple pie?
Terrorism - Some Americans think that George Bush invented 9/11. This conspiracy theory is wrong and simply another example of American stupidity. Even George Bush wouldn't murder thousands of civilians and destroy a huge part of the financial district of America, for as we know Dubya doesn't have the brain pan required, however just ask Bush senior, he knows!. However America DID invent Irish Terrorism to kill British inventors.
Super sonic planes - although the patent was american the american government asked to see englands intel in return for thiers, I must admit whoever was prime minister must have been a retard as england had already figured it out, but England's government accepted the offer, being gents england shown first and america did not return the favour. Yes Americans are thieves
Sport - Baseball, golf, football (yes they invented American Football but not the sport of Football that makes most Americans want to gouge their eyes out).
Language - America is well known for stealing the English Language from the British and editing it so it sounded more American. Pronunciation of words is different (hence its spelt S-E-M-I not S-E-M-E-Y-E or A-N-T-I not A-N-T-E-Y-E , Zebra not -Z-E-E-E-B-R-A. The list goes on and on. Its i-raq not eye-raq. Americans also decided to name their Toilets , "Restrooms" as many Americans decided to name another room so that they could use the excuse to rest in it.
Technology — lightbulb, radio,Telephones, TV, nuclear reactor, the laser, tanks, helicopters, cars, huge cars, submarines, skyscrapers (see the Eiffel Tower
Television - The Office. True, the British had it first, but no one can deny that the American version is funnier (provided you have no sense of humour, which incidentally was invented in Britain, the Americans just butchered the 'u' in the spelling).
Legal — capitalism, democracy, the Constitution, lame politicians (stolen from Britain), liberals, conservatives, the Declaration of Independence, America.
Air — As full of themselves as many non-Americans view Americans as being, it's still always surprising when one comes across Americans who believe America invented air. Air, as we all know, was actually invented in Britain during the Scientific Revolution.
"Fixed-wing aircraft" — All the Wright brothers did was put a kite together and wave mechanical wings using rusted bicycle parts, going from someone's roof to the ground (something man has been able to do since the Dark Ages). The true inventor is some Brazilian guy you've never heard of.
Silicone boobs—Those wicked Japanese people! But it's not their fault. It's the only way those poor flat girls can get boobs.
Other — It is commonly believed in the US that America invented the wheel and fire.
America — John Cabot, An Italian working for a Welshman called Richard Amerike (After whom America was named) found America, and it belonged to the British until the Yankees decided to take it by force, causing the revolutionary war of America. To this day, any smart Americans hate the rest of the population for the vast defecit of life the USA now have, and no real history that isn't British.
Electricity- Stolen from the Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla (David Bowie)
. To its credit, America has yet to invent a disease (except perhaps obesity). We have Africa and Asia to blame for that. Syphilis can be blamed on a hot Latina chick Christopher Columbus picked up in Puerto Rico, but that's not really America.
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Things America Really Did Invent

Toilet roll — no argument here. Although, suprisingly, toilet paper is british! Too many crumpets and scones cause diarrhoea.
Jazz — Yes, America is home to the fundamental sound of jazz.
Fast Food — Yummy McDonalds,Burger King,Subway and many more great sources of death fast food restaurants sources of death/obesity.
Technology &#8212; Hummers and the Terminator. Just you wait. <---- Wrong. UK invention again.
Other &#8212; Great cars, until they break down outside the dealership!
Boner &#8212; Invented by Elvira, it helps stimualted millions of perverts in the world, leading to her Nobel Sex Prize in 1986.
Porn - America, the place where Porn is free.
Morbid Obesity - This one speaks for itself.
American Accents - which mysteriously render the speaker unable to understand any others.

 

They borrowed from the Athenians, and also were heavily influenced by the Iroquois Native Americans.

But, Yes, they did create the basic frame work that has been sucessfully copied in dozens of countries around the world since 1776.

Bi-Cameral Legislature, High Court, District Courts, Lower Courts, Executive Branch with limited management powers....

Other important elements;

a pricinpled Constitution which enumerates powers to the federal government, all other power being default reserved to the local government or the individual.


concept of a Constitutional Ammendment process that is above and outside the realm of common legislation which provided both stability and adaptability


separation of Church and State


Codes of Military Conduct which prohibit and set forth punishments for abuses of civilians and looting in military actions


Patent Law to reward innovators, but with limits and provisions for societies needs


The List just goes On and On and the New and very powerful things that came from the American Experiment.


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The Eiffel Tower is not a Skyscraper..it is a tower.

 

1776, The Declaration of Independence, which was the greatest event in history along with the Bible.

 

do you seriously believe none of that existed before america ? I mean really you actually do think that ? cause all of it predates america, every single thing you just mentioned there existed before america did

 

bi-curious ? people who trumpet stereotypes are generally complete and utter morons, do you realise that ? you're a walking talking moron

 

Only if you're American.

 

The Declaration of Independence gave people a life instead of serfdom, Freedom and Liberty from that point forward grew where when the whole world knew no Liberty.

The Declaration of Independence freed the slaves all across the world. Literally the greatest event in history.

 

erm...no it didnt. it didnt even free slaves in america lol. you americans are so deluded, you just get fed crap from birth then grow into adults actually believing and repeating it.

 

The slaves in America are free, following the Declaration of Independence all just about all countries abolished slavery.

That Charlie Chalk can not recognize Human Nature changes slowly shows a defect in Charlie Chalk's education, maybe even Charlie Chalk's reasoning.

History never changes instantly, never.

 

It's an irony that Jenner is relegated to an also-ran based on his nationality when the work of all the others would not have been possible without Jenner.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_on_the_shoulders_of_giants

 

Curiosity, Ambition, and Courage existed before 1968.


Aluminum alloys existed before 1968.


Rocket fuel existed before 1968.


Irridium Utectic Seals existed before 1968.


Lithium Hydroxide CO2 absorber cells existed before 1968.


But before 1968 and NASAs glorious achievement, no one ever put a man on the moon.



Since that era, no one has again....



One more achievement of America, to the benefit of all of mankind, but I doubt it will be the ObamaNation which makes the next big step into space.



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erm...nobody else has tried. you lot really are off your nuts.

 

No other country has The Declaration of Independence hence it was an impossibility without.

 

getting to the moon was impossible without the declaration of independence ? thats a new one on me

 

Im joking obviously. here read this Ill just give you the first 3 that should be enough, and remember there was a world before america was discovered, you said all countries abolished slavery following the declaration of (american) independence, it was an impossibility without you said


6th century BC Cyrus the Great abolishes slavery in Persia along with establishing unprecedented human rights principles and religious freedom.[1]

3rd Century BC: Ashoka abolishes slave trade and encourages people to treat slaves well but does not abolish slavery itself in the Maurya Empire,
covering the majority of India, which was under his rule.[2]

AD 9: In China, Emperor Wang Mang usurps the throne, abolishes slave trading (although not slavery), and institutes radical land reform[3]

 

heres the rest up to 1776 ie before the declaration of independence


960: Doge of Venice Pietro IV Candiano reconvened the popular assembly and had it approve of a law prohibiting the slave trade
1102: Trade in slaves and serfdom ruled illegal in London: Council of London (1102)
1117: Slavery abolished in Iceland
1200: Slavery virtually disappears in Japan; it was never widespread and mostly involved captives taken in civil wars.[4]
1214: The Statute of the Town of Kor&#269;ula (Croatia) abolishes slavery.[5]
1215: Magna Carta signed. Clause 30, commonly known as Habeas Corpus, would form the basis of a law against slavery in English common law.
1256: The Liber Paradisus is promulgated. The Comune di Bologna abolishes slavery and serfdom and releases all the serfs in its territories.
1274: Landslova (Land's Law) in Norway mentions only former slaves, which indicates that slavery was abolished in Norway
1315: Louis X, king of France, publishes a decree proclaiming that "France" signifies freedom and that any slave setting foot on the French ground should be freed[6]
1335: Sweden (including Finland at the time) makes slavery illegal.[7]
1416: Republic of Ragusa (modern day Dubrovnik, Croatia) abolished slavery and slave trading
1435: Papal Encyclical - Sicut Dudum - of Pope Eugene IV banning enslavement on pain of excommunication.
[edit]Modern timeline

[edit]1500–1700
1537: Pope Paul III forbids slavery of Indians as well as of any other new population that would be discovered, indicating their right to freedom and property. However, only Catholic countries apply it, and state that they cannot possibly enforce what happens in the distant colonies (Sublimus Dei).
1542: Spain enacted the first European law abolishing colonial slavery in 1542, but was forced to weaken these laws by 1545.
1569: An English court case involving Cartwright, who had brought a slave from Russia, ruled that English law could not recognise slavery.
1588: The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth abolishes slavery[8]
1595: A law is passed in Portugal banning the selling and buying of Chinese slaves.[9]
1590: Toyotomi Hideyoshi bans slavery in Japan.[10]
February 19, 1624: The King of Portugal forbids the enslavement of Chinese of either sex.[11][12]
1652: Slavery abolished in Providence Plantations.
1683: The Spanish crown abolishes slavery in Chile [13]
[edit]1700–1800
1701: The Lord Chief Justice rules that a slave became free as soon as he arrived in England.[14]
1723: Russia abolishes outright slavery but retains serfdom.[15]
1761, 12 February: Portugal abolishes slavery[16] in mainland Portugal and in Portuguese possessions in India through a decree by the Marquis of Pombal.
1772: Somersett's case held that no slave could be forcibly removed from Britain. This case was generally taken at the time to have decided that the condition of slavery did not exist under English law in England and Wales, and emancipated the remaining ten to fourteen thousand slaves or possible slaves in England and Wales, who were mostly domestic servants.[17]

 

Pay attention to my posts and there will be many more, one step out of pure ignorance you are, now thank me!

 

so yeah it was all about the declaration of independence clearly

 

Historically that is how it happened. Facts are stubborn things.

 

yeah theyre amazing too they can go back like two thousand years and happen then and then revert to their original timeline so that something that happened in 1776 is responsible for stuff that happened a thousand years earlier, impressive things facts.