Posted on 06/24/2022 9:39:24 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
Poliovirus has been detected in sewage samples collected in London between February and May, the U.K. Health Security Agency said today.
While there have been no cases of paralysis, investigations are underway to determine if there is any community transmission, the agency said.
“Importantly, the poliovirus detected in the sewage — called vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (VDPV2) — is not the same as wild polio. Vaccine-derived polio occurs if the weakened live virus in oral polio vaccines — which does not cause polio in the recipient, and is shed by vaccinated kids through their digestive system — circulates in under-vaccinated communities long enough for it to mutate into a version that is like wild polio, regaining the ability to paralyze,” according to Politico.
“Vaccine-derived poliovirus is rare and the risk to the public overall is extremely low,” said Vanessa Saliba, consultant epidemiologist at UKHSA.
“We are urgently investigating to better understand the extent of this transmission and the NHS has been asked to swiftly report any suspected cases to the UKHSA, though no cases have been reported or confirmed so far,” she said.
The agency is asking the public to check they are up to date on their polio vaccines, particularly caregivers of children who may have missed a vaccination.
Polio is a virus that mostly affects children, causing permanent paralysis in about 1 in 200 people after infection, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
Immunization coverage against polio in London is at 86.6 percent, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative said in a statement.
So, let’s see if I understand the public health bureaucrats correctly.
The poliovirus vaccine is responsible for the sewage samples, but getting more people vaccinated against poliovirus is the answer…
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Stop playing with people’s poop that’s just nasty 🤪
If you lie down with Third Worlders, you wake up with dengue fever, ebola, monkeypox, polio, small pox, etc.
I bet those guys look forward to going to work every day. Kind of like the people who open up the poop boxes to check for colorectal cancer.
Low flo toilets.
Yup. They will offer combined shots, like Mumps-Measles-Rubella.
Oh! Panic! Polio!! No one wants Polio! Get the vaccine! That Flu-COVID-Polio vaccine! It’s safe and effective, you know ...
I’m eventually going to move to an ice cave in the Arctic Circle…
Yep - uncontrolled immigration. There’s still those that cry ‘racism’ when you point out that all cultures aren’t equal - even with the evidence slapping them around.
...and what with Global Climate Change, there will be no polar bears to compete with for walrus blubber.
I figure I’ll just fish and sleep with Eskimo chicks.
I guess I need a boat due to global warming…
OK, until further notice nobody in London poops. Sorry, but strict measures must be taken.
Want another lockdown? Put some virus DNA in the London sewer.
I remember reading years ago that polio virus was commonly found in Afghan sewage. Perhaps the Brits should thank "Short Bus Joe" for the reintroduction of polio to Old Blighty...
;>)
Wacki paki poop?
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