“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.
That was a time when we had trust in our institutions because they earned it. All squandered now. They couldn't convince me to put me out if I was on fire. Instead they would take my picture and claim I was another victim of sudden climate change.