Back in the forties and Fifties, parents were nearly frantic. It is easy to see why.
Posted on 08/18/2022 10:33:10 AM PDT by lightman
A 20-year-old New York man was recently diagnosed with polio, which paralyzed his legs. Polio once crippled or killed many young people in the United States, but was essentially wiped out during the 1960s following development of a vaccine.
Because the New York man, who wasn’t vaccinated against polio, hadn’t recently traveled outside the country, it’s believed he became infected locally.
Moreover, poliovirus has been found in wastewater in Rockland County, N.Y., where the stricken man lives and in a nearby county. It also has been found in sewage in New York City, according to an opinion article in The Washington Post.
The article, written by Dr. Lena Wen, highlights concerns about a resurgence of polio and a drop-off in vaccination rates among children in the United States.
The New York State Health Department regards the polio case “as just the tip of the iceberg of much greater potential spread,” according to the article.
It notes most polio symptoms, which include fever, fatigue and diarrhea, are considered mild, and people often have no symptoms. With most doctors no longer looking for polio, it means cases could go unnoticed or attributed to other illnesses, according to Wen.
“The one diagnosed case severe enough to cause paralysis raises the concern that there could be dozens — even hundreds — of other infected people who could be unknowingly transmitting the virus to others,” Wen wrote.
Wen noted polio vaccine is considered 99% or more effective at preventing paralysis from polio. The disease was considered eradicated in the United States when 80% of the population had developed immunity, she wrote.
But vaccination rates for polio and other childhood vaccines have fallen, with the situation causing alarm among pediatricians and health officials around the country. The national vaccination rate for children entering kindergarten dropped by about one percentage point in 2020-2021 compared to the previous school year.
Some of the drop-off is attributed to disruptions to the health care system and medical appointments caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
But Wen writes, “I also worry about the insidious effect of vaccine disinformation and that backlash to covid restrictions has worsened trust in public health. Moreover, most parents of young children never experienced the terror of polio firsthand and might not appreciate the importance of preventing the disease.”
Pennsylvania has seen a decrease in polio vaccination rates for children entering kindergarten. The rate fell from 96.3% in 2019-2020 to 95.4% in 2020-2021, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
That equaled about 5,514 children who didn’t have four or more doses of polio vaccine, considered the full regimen.
According to the state figures, the total number of children entering kindergarten fell from 138,909 to 122,800. Pennsylvania allows students to enroll provisionally, meaning they are in the process of getting the needed vaccinations. That number was 4,635 in 2020-2021, up from about 3,000 the previous year.
The state denied enrollment to 136 students of kindergarten age in 2020-2021, up from 65 the previous year.
I wonder why?
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Convenient to blame the COVID jab skeptics but the false information on efficacy and safety from Big Pharma is equally at fault.
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Some Vaccine Propaganda here.
I actually have no problem with what Dr. Salk did for polio with his real vaccine.
But these mRNA vaccines of Dr. Fauci are worth questioning.
In the old days immigrants were examined for health issues before being allowed to enter the country. Now it’s come one, come all. I’m actually surprised we’re not seeing more of the old diseases returning.
Polio was never associated with politics, and the vaccine, at least in its early years - was never forced upon anybody. My mother grew up in the 1920s and 1930s, and she saw what polio could do, so she was eager to have her children vaccinated.
Covid is very different. Its origins are highly political. Its danger was highly exaggerated for political reasons, government spending on it was highly political. It had very immediate political outcomes (think 2020 election).
the two diseases (and the response to them) could not be more different.
Right. I would unhesitatingly take the Polio vaccine.
One thing to keep in mind as well (and I am sure you do) is the Polio vaccine was intended to keep people from contracting the virus and spreading the virus. It had absolutely no value as a treatment in lowering the intensity or damage the virus would do if the virus was contracted, and was not “marketed” as such.
The same cannot be said for the mRNA crap they have pushed on people.
It is criminal.
As I posted above...Big Pharma’s false promises about the effectiveness and safety of the COVID jabs bear a lot of responsibility.
Too many folks have now become skeptical of ALL vaccinations.
Dr. Wen YOU and Public Health are to blame. ALL the Covid Lies, Fake Science, Mandates, Lockdowns, etc. have predictably DESTROYED what trust there was in public health.
Earlier thread talks about CDC being overhauled. NO, It needs destroyed and the ground salted. Dr. Wen please explain how you and your ilk are going to regain public trust after the past two years of incompetence. We are ALL Waiting !!!
We made it up https://trendingpolitics.com/the-covid-experts-effectively-admit-they-made-up-the-whole-6-feet-social-distancing-thing-knab/
Never let a crisis go to waste bureaucrats are gearing up for any new opportunities. Simmer a bit on most mass hysteria formation news.
Back in the forties and Fifties, parents were nearly frantic. It is easy to see why.
Yes. Well said!
Love him or disregard him, I remember in maybe 2017 or so, Michael Savage discussed the coming of a contagious virus due to the hordes of illegals. He said certain past plagues started that way in Asia and Europe.
He had done degree work in epidemiology along with his other degrees.Bio: He holds master’s degrees from the University of Hawaii in medical botany and medical anthropology, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in nutritional ethnomedicine. As Michael Weiner.
Actually not really. AI facial recognition scanners need three feet separation from one set of data points to the next. So from a center data point, Front and back, that’s six feet. That’s Why they chose six feet “ Social Distancing”.
I don’t know the real science, but my edumacated guess is you can find just about anything you want in waste and untreated sewage. This is just a device to keep people scared and avoid critical thinking. I have no problem with proven vaccines. I have big problems with experimental gene therapies that do not work. I also have no problem with people who choose to take or not take either. The real issue is transparency and a complete elimination of propaganda. Get the government completely out of healthcare. Healthcare should between you and your doctor without influence from government or the corporate medical establishment.
Bump!
Some of the drop-off is attributed to disruptions to the health care system and medical appointments caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Accidentally saying the quiet part out loud here. The "disruptions" that are so breezily referenced here have had wide-ranging negative effects, including on the health care system. Not to mention the economic devastation that seems, more and more, to be a feature, rather than a fault from the perspective of those in power who implemented them.
But now that "lockdowns forever" and mandates and passports and the like no longer serve the regime's interest, it's time to start opening up the narrative.
“Moreover, poliovirus has been found in wastewater in Rockland County, N.Y., where the stricken man lives and in a nearby county.”
Rockland County and the “nearby county” — Orange County — are home to several, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities. They are densely populated and have very low vaccination rates. The man who contracted polio lives in one of the Hasidic communities.
"There's a big difference between essentially wiped out and all wiped out. Essentially wiped out is slightly not wiped out."
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