But, you are SUCH a lame douchebag utterly dependent on hand wringing obfuscation as discourse, that it flew over your head.
35,000 a year DID NOT EVER DIE FROM IT.
ONLY A FEW DOZEN, and ONLY A FEW HUNDRED WERE PARALYZED.
I'll lead you through the CDC paragraphs by the hand...
How common was polio in the United States?Polio was one of the most dreaded childhood diseases of the 20th century in the United States. Periodic epidemics occurred since the late 19th century and they increase in size and frequency in the late 1940s and early 1950s. An average of over 35,000 cases were reported during this time period. With the introduction of Salk inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) in 1955, the number of cases rapidly declined to under 2,500 cases in 1957. By 1965, only 61 cases of paralytic polio were reported.
While whatever government moron is writing these up has atrocious technical writing skills, the gist there is that at it's height there were about 35,000 cases PER year. Note, if we interpret the crappy writing to indicate "over that time period" it further reduces your hand wringing appeal, so I'm betting you'll stick with my interpretation there.
Next: from the prior paragraph (again highlighting bureaucratic crap-write by oddly ordering the page)
What are the symptoms of polio?Up to about 72% of susceptible persons infected with polio have no symptoms. However, infected persons without symptoms can still spread the virus and cause others to develop polio. About 24% of infected susceptible persons have minor symptoms such as fever, sore throat, upset stomach, or flu-like symptoms and have no paralysis or other serious symptoms. About 1-5% develop aseptic meningitis with stiffness of the back, back, or legs, and in some persons increased or abnormal sensations a few days after the minor illness resolves. These symptoms typically last from two to ten days, followed by complete recovery. Less than 1% of polio cases result in paralysis of the limbs (usually the legs). Of those cases resulting in paralysis, 5-10% of the patients die when the respiratory muscles are paralyzed. The risk of paralysis increases with age.
72% of polio victims SHOW NO SYMPTOMS.
72% of 35,000 = 25200 <---No Symptom number.
24% of polio victims have MILD SYMPTOMS (i.e. sniffles/mild fever)
24% OF THE 35,000 = 8400 <--- Really mild symptom number.
1% of 35,000 = 350. That's the number that suffered paralytic effects.
5-10% of 350 = 17.5 to 35. THATS THE NUMBER THAT DIED FROM PARALYTIC EFFECTS!
It's ON THE CDC SITE! Can you comprehend? Can you "do math"?
BTW:
I'm NOT anti vaccine
and
I'm NOT a "her"
The reason why people made a deal about polio, though, is because people are scared of gambling. There’s no knowing if your kid will be the one who has the paralytic reaction, hence the “fear”. That was the biggest issue polio had going for it, not the raw numbers, but the fact that you had people spreading it without being obviously sick, and the fact that you had a “lottery draw” as to who would end up in the iron lung machine. You would likely see thousands in the paralytic category because the hundreds for each year added up the total numbers paralyzed too. I will agree though, the numbers were overhyped by the other guy. But on the other hand, what you don’t foresee or know, is scary.