discussion New York reports 1st US polio case in nearly a decade

[BBathHausOfGaga]

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York health officials on Thursday reported a polio case, the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade.

Officials said the Rockland County resident is an unvaccinated adult, but they did not detail the person’s condition.

It appears the person had a vaccine-derived strain of the virus, perhaps from someone who got live vaccine — available in other countries, but not the U.S. — and spread it, officials said.

Polio was once one of the nation’s most feared diseases, with annual outbreaks causing thousands of cases of paralysis — many of them in children.

Vaccines became available starting in 1955, and a national vaccination campaign cut the annual number of U.S. cases to less than 100 in the 1960s and fewer than 10 in the 1970s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 1979, polio was declared eliminated in the U.S., meaning there was no longer routine spread. Rarely, travelers with polio have brought infections into the U.S., with the last such case in 2013.

U.S. children are still routinely vaccinated against polio. Federal officials recommend four doses: to be given at 2 months of age; 4 months; at 6 to 18 months; and at age 4 through 6 years. Some states require only three doses.

https://apnews.com/article/polio-case-new-york-4c1e2512145a1d897982f27507259d83

 

Edited July 21, 2022 by BBathHausOfGaga

[BBathHausOfGaga]

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York health officials on Thursday reported a polio case, the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade.

Officials said the Rockland County resident is an unvaccinated adult, but they did not detail the person’s condition.

It appears the person had a vaccine-derived strain of the virus, perhaps from someone who got live vaccine — available in other countries, but not the U.S. — and spread it, officials said.

Polio was once one of the nation’s most feared diseases, with annual outbreaks causing thousands of cases of paralysis — many of them in children.

Vaccines became available starting in 1955, and a national vaccination campaign cut the annual number of U.S. cases to less than 100 in the 1960s and fewer than 10 in the 1970s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 1979, polio was declared eliminated in the U.S., meaning there was no longer routine spread. Rarely, travelers with polio have brought infections into the U.S., with the last such case in 2013.

U.S. children are still routinely vaccinated against polio. Federal officials recommend four doses: to be given at 2 months of age; 4 months; at 6 to 18 months; and at age 4 through 6 years. Some states require only three doses.

https://apnews.com/article/polio-case-new-york-4c1e2512145a1d897982f27507259d83

[Hector]

Please don't let this spread as well, we've been through enough in the last 2 years. 

 

Which is ironic as I just re-watched The Normal Heart yesterday where Julia Roberts' character mentioned that polio was eradicated. 

[Gui Blackout]

 

[Daddy]

Slay! (not literally)

[Daddy]

Polio? Like dating more than one virus at the same time?

[RideOrDie]

13 minutes ago, Daddy said:

Polio? Like dating more than one virus at the same time?

[shinri]

Please, not the 2nd season of pandemic

[XAMJ]

thank you anti vaxxers 

[DirtyPony87]

Americans truly are the dumbest people on this planet. 

Edited July 22, 2022 by DirtyPony87

[phreshprince]

This really is the end of humanity as we know it

[John Slayne]

anti-vaxxers gonna finish what Rona started 

[HASHTAGPOW]

I blame orgies and urine baths