Israel is rolling out a nationwide polio vaccination drive for children aged six weeks to 17 years following an outbreak of the disease in the Yerushalayim area in recent weeks, the country’s health ministry announced on Tuesday.
The nationwide vaccination campaign comes after the first symptomatic case of polio in more than 30 years was detected in March in an unvaccinated four-year-old girl from the city of Yerushalayim . Since then, another eight cases of the poliovirus have been diagnosed in asymptomatic children, all in the Yerushalayim area — spurring concerns of the potential for a wider outbreak.
“We have millions of vaccines. The vaccine has been used for decades, it is safe and effective,” Horowitz added.
Polio is a highly viral disease belonging to a group of intestinal viruses that largely affects children under five years of age. The virus is transmitted person-to-person and spread mainly through the fecal or oral route or, less frequently, by contaminated water, according to the World Health Organization. In 10 percent of positive cases, the virus causes permanent paralysis, often of the legs by attacking the nervous system. Paralysis can occur as quickly as within a few hours of infection. There is no medical treatment or cure for polio, but the disease can be prevented effectively by vaccination.
Health Ministry Director-General Nachman Ash stated that the government hopes that the announced campaign will lead to a national vaccination rate of at least 90 percent.
“We are embarking on a drive against time to prevent the next case and wipe out the disease,” Ash said.
Israel has administered vaccination against polio since 1957, but the health ministry raised concerns that children born between 2005 through 2013 may have not been given the full number of doses necessary to protect against infection. Officials have urged parents to check the vaccination status of their children younger than 17, and finish the remaining doses if necessary.
Since the most recent outbreak, about 25,000 people have been vaccinated in Jerusalem and its surroundings, the health ministry said.
(C) The Algemeiner Journal
Israel should go back to complete lockdown. They have no choice. All foreigners, including American students should be banned. It says vinishmartem. That is the greatest mitzvah in the world.
I really hope you are being facetious. Anyway, isn’t the timing of this “campaign” a bit odd – right after lifting the indoor mask mandate. They always have to have something to keep us in fear and therefore we will be compliant and do whatever they say. Never trust them. How do you know when a ___ is lying? When his lips are moving…
Why is Israel murdering their citizens with Covid “Polio” vaccine?
The polio vaccine is given orally, and therefore does not need the same types of preservatives as typical vaccines.
That being said, if you were concerned about the heavy metal content of certain vaccines leading to autism (not commenting about the validity of that, just addressing the concern therein), this vaccine is not one that should concern you.
Although had the vaccine(s) not been created, the medical establishment (big pharma?) would likely have created better protocols for treating patients with polio, since the polio vaccine has nearly eradicated polio we are still using decades-old medical practices to treat polio patients.
If you are not going to vaccinate your children against polio, at least don’t use good hygiene practices when they are infants. Last century it became pretty clear that the younger a person is when they become infected, the less likely it is for them to have a reaction (just like with COVID), and the poliovirus is transmitted through fecal matter.
So in summary, if you aren’t going to vaccinate your infant against polio, at least don’t allow anyone to wash their hands between using the facilities and feeding your baby. Doing so will increase your child’s chances of contracting polio as an infant, greatly raising their likelihood of having an asymptomatic case.
So your choice, either:
1. allow your child’s doctor to innoculate them against polio with a sweet paste that contains traces of dead poliovirus
2. engage in poor hand hygiene in the hope that your child will ingest fecal matter and contract polio AND remain asymptomatic or
3. run the risk of your child dying, being paralyzed, or having terrible scars for the rest of their lives. (There are still people on iron lungs today who were paralyzed by polio half a century ago. And there are very few technicians who can repair them and very few parts available for them. When the machine stops working, these people will die.)
Are you aware that the State of Israel is putting fluoride into all its drinking water? That is a very dangerous decision.
Hello, there are two types of Polio vaccines. In the US they use only the oral vaccine, which is more effective, but riskier. Other countries use the injected vaccine, which is an inactivated vaccine. It’s safer but less effective. In Israel, they use BOTH. First the baby gets a dosage or two (don’t remember; it’s been a while) of the killed virus in the DPT shot. Then he gets both. Finally he gets only the live virus. Could be that other countries now also follow this protocol, which covers the most ground and seems to be sensible and scientific.