When the studyâs preliminary results were announced last week, Bill Gates lauded the research team and said, âA vaccine is the simplest, most cost-effective way to save lives.â. Seth Berkley, CEO of the GAVI Alliance, echoed this sentiment in a recent Huffington Post op-ed.
The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War. It was started on 30 January 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnam against South Vietnam, the United States and their allies.The purpose of it was to surprise the enemy with attacks against military and civilian commands and control centers in South Vietnam.t was started on 30 January 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnam against South Vietnam, the United States and their allies. The purpose of it was to surprise the enemy with attacks against military and civilian commands and control centers in South Vietnam.
The fighting that made up the Tet Offensive lasted for several days in some South Vietnamese cities. This map shows the route taken by North Vietnamese troops. During the Buddhist holiday of Tet, over 80,000 Vietcong troops emerged from their tunnels and attacked nearly every major metropolitan center in South Vietnam.Surprise strikes were made at the American base at Danang, and even the seemingly impenetrable American embassy in Saigon was attacked.s late as January 1968, only a few weeks before Tet, only 28 percent of the American public labeled themselves doves.. But by April 1968, six weeks after the Tet Offensive, doves outnumbered hawks 42 to 41 percent.