New York health officials on Thursday called for people to get vaccinated against polio “right away” as they warned that the one confirmed case of the disease in the state could be “the tip of the iceberg” of a bigger outbreak.
The alarm came after polio was detected in wastewater samples in several places and at different times in two counties north of New York City, which may indicate worrying community spread of the disease. “Based on earlier polio outbreaks, New Yorkers should know that for every one case of paralytic polio observed, there may be hundreds of other people infected,” Dr. Mary T. Bassett, the state’s health commissioner, said in a statement. “Coupled with the latest wastewater findings the department is treating the single case of polio as just the tip of the iceberg of much greater potential spread.” Anyone who is unvaccinated against polio is at risk of contracting the incurable disease, which can cause paralysis and even be fatal. Read more at the New York Times.
While I am sure that there are some in the targeted areas that need to be vaccinated, I have some questions.
Is this waste water analysis being done all over the state, or just a few select areas?
Is there any concern about recently arrived migrants who are not vaccinated?
It would thwart the narrative to state the obvious.
The only ones who need to be quackcinated are the criminals. Everyone else should keep 200 feet away from this modern-day weapon.
If they are not quackcinated, they’re not a danger to others nor to themselves. It’s the quackcinated who are dying, getting polio, monkeypox, and shedding their quackcine onto the non-quackinated – very scary.
Thanks so much for this article! In the strongest possible way I want to encourage you to continue posting only news that would encourage people to take the vaccine. Chazak ve’ematz!
To encourage idiots to take the vaccine. Polio, MonkeyPox, Heart Attacks, Blood Clots, etc. were all caused by the vaccine.
What about social distancing? That is the best deterrent.