would be born blind

This article is trying to paint light where there is none; trying to portray hope where there is little. If there is any center of all ill, it is in that league. If it produces the leaders of the world, it is bound to this world more tightly than can be seen by eyes unaccustomed to spotting shadows. That remnant that exists? Daniel in the furnace. Protected, yes. But reversing all ill? Unlikely without complete revival.