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NY Declares Polio 'An Imminent Threat To Public Health'
Daily Voice ^ | 10/01/2022 | Michael Mashburn

Posted on 10/01/2022 9:20:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

New York’s top health official is urging the public to get vaccinated against poliovirus if they haven’t yet done so.

State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett declared polio "an imminent threat to public health" in New York State Wednesday, Sept. 28.

The declaration will free up resources to help local health departments set up vaccination clinics and better focus their outreach efforts to unvaccinated or under-vaccinated New Yorkers, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office said.

Health officials are hoping to boost immunization rates particularly in areas that have been most affected by the virus and among children.

“Thanks to long-established school immunization requirements, the vast majority of adults, and most children, are fully vaccinated against polio,” Bassett said.

“Our focus remains on ensuring the on-time administration of polio vaccination among young children and catching kids and adults up who are unimmunized and under-immunized in the affected areas.”

With the declaration, local health departments will be able to claim financial reimbursements for costs incurred from community outreach and education.

State and local health officials also continue to monitor wastewater samples across New York, which can indicate whether polio is spreading, officials said.

The disease has been found in wastewater samples taken from several areas, including Rockland, Orange, and Sullivan counties, as well as Nassau County and New York City.

It was first confirmed in Rockland County wastewater in July 2022, days after health officials confirmed that the county had the first confirmed case of polio seen in the United States in nearly a decade.

When the disease was found in more wastewater samples, Gov. Hochul declared a state disaster emergency on Friday, Sept. 9, which expanded the network of polio vaccine administrators to include EMS workers, midwives, and pharmacies.

It also authorized doctors and certified nurse practitioners to issue standing orders for polio vaccines and required healthcare providers to send immunization data to the state health department to better target vaccination efforts, Hochul’s office said.

Polio is a highly contagious, viral disease that can lead to permanent paralysis of the arms and legs and can be fatal due to paralysis in the muscles used to breathe or swallow.

Symptoms of polio include fatigue, fever, headache, stiffness, muscle pain, and vomiting, and can take up to 30 days to appear, during which time an infected person can be transmitting the virus to others.

The most important way for children and adults to protect themselves is to get vaccinated if they have not received all recommended polio vaccine doses, health officials said.

More information about polio and vaccines can be found on the Department of Health’s website.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: polio; publichealth; virus
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To: SeekAndFind

Aren’t Democrats awesome?


21 posted on 10/01/2022 10:39:06 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: SeekAndFind

A little gift to us from south of the border for allowing them to come in and takes some hits on the big Red, White and Blue piñata and allowing them to start filing lawsuits against the American people.


22 posted on 10/01/2022 11:32:56 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hey America! Biden and his band of RATS say you suck! How do you feel about that?)
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To: beethovenfan

Sounds like NY can’t assure their potable water is safe.


23 posted on 10/02/2022 12:34:54 AM PDT by dblshot
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To: EvilCapitalist

Yup

They aren’t known for being up to date on their vaccinations


24 posted on 10/02/2022 12:42:12 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: beethovenfan

From third world countries


25 posted on 10/02/2022 12:42:37 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Tennessee Nana

You’re protected. Those getting polio have received no vaccinations.


26 posted on 10/02/2022 12:44:22 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Bubba_Leroy

My mom, who was born in 1935, spent a year of her life in the hospital battling polio. She underwent the Sister Kenny treatments, which she described as very painful. There, she met my future mother-in-law and they became life-long friends.

She fought her way through it but there were kids who refused the treatments and were disabled for the rest of their lives.


27 posted on 10/02/2022 12:47:14 AM PDT by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....!)
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To: beethovenfan
All these diseases that seemed to have been eradicated are coming back ... across the border.
29 posted on 10/02/2022 1:35:31 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("There should have been an age and risk stratification approach." still true)
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To: Regulator

The Georgia whale Abrams has already been selected for the post of President of the United Federation of Planets...


30 posted on 10/02/2022 2:36:26 AM PDT by SPDSHDW (Buy JHP ammo, Level 3/4 armor and rifles. Won’t be able to for much longer, and we’re gonna need em)
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To: SeekAndFind

I have a cousin with polio.
Not a good thing.


31 posted on 10/02/2022 2:56:29 AM PDT by just me (Trade your liberty for temporary safety. I will keep mine. My family doesn't fly a white flag.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Weaponized public health.


32 posted on 10/02/2022 3:47:02 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Health departments again...

Why wouldn’t kids get a polio vaxx from their pediatrician’s office?

And polio vaxx is required in order to be able to attend skrewl in NYS.

Why is a public health emergency needed, hmmm?


33 posted on 10/02/2022 4:15:44 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: mewzilla
Polio is back in rich countries, but it poses a far bigger threat to developing world New York state has declared an emergency, yet scientists say a big U.S. outbreak is unlikely

This latest so-called public health emergency isn't about health or science, is it?

Again.

34 posted on 10/02/2022 4:19:52 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: SeekAndFind
The korporate Pfascists, their government co-conspirators, the media propagandists, doctors, and nurses cared not a whit about destroying the public's trust in the medical industry when they committed crimes against humanity by forcing the Jim Jones Jabs on innocent people.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul the Fool can say anything she wants; the propaganda media will parrot it but the People know she has no credibility.

35 posted on 10/02/2022 4:25:52 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Nifster
Meanwhile, from last month...

United States confirmed as country with circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus

36 posted on 10/02/2022 4:26:20 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Polio is showing itself across the Country thanks to our current administration,


37 posted on 10/02/2022 4:34:40 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: chopperk

But is it wild polio or vaccine derived polio...?


38 posted on 10/02/2022 4:41:43 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: Gaffer

Had several in out school that had polio- terrible condition. The town I grew up in had an outbreak prior to my birth and nit quite a few people in the town, so we knew a unnumbered of folks who had it.


39 posted on 10/02/2022 4:58:11 AM PDT by Bob434 (question)
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To: SeekAndFind

The next mRNA blended vaccine to be mandated. How long until your credit score needs vaccine boosts every six months or you won’t be able to get housing, credit, or transportation?


40 posted on 10/02/2022 5:01:33 AM PDT by blackdog ("That's an applause line you useful idiots" )
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