Re: Illegal alien infested NY county with polio has pitiful 60% vaccination rate; 1,000s may be infected

[Biden Imports POLIO in 2022!]

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Obama brought EBOLA into the USA. Not to be outdone, Joe Biden
allows millions of polio carrying illegal aliens into North
America.

The vaccine-derived poliovirus that left an unvaccinated US
resident with the country's first case of paralytic polio in
nearly a decade has been genetically linked to spread in two
other countries: the United Kingdom and Israel. Now that it has
been detected in the US, health officials fear it has spread to
hundreds or even thousands of people in a poorly vaccinated New
York county.

On Monday, officials in New York urgently encouraged
unvaccinated residents to get vaccinated "as soon as possible"
to prevent further spread of the virus.

"Polio is very contagious, and an individual can transmit the
virus even if they aren't sick," the New York State Department
of Health said in a news release today. The virus spreads easily
via a fecal-oral route through poor hygiene and sanitation. The
virus transmits through direct contact with an infected person
or contaminated food or water. "Symptoms, which can be mild and
flu-like, can take up to 30 days to appear, during which time an
infected individual can be shedding virus to others," the health
department added.

About one in 200 people infected with poliovirus develop
paralysis, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. That means for the one case of paralytic polio to
have arisen in New York—which was not linked to any
international travel—hundreds of others were likely already
infected.

Pockets of risk
Most Americans have been vaccinated against poliovirus, making
them safe from the dangerous virus. The three-dose inactivated
polio vaccine (IPV), given in the first 24 months with a fourth-
dose booster between the ages of 4 and 6, is part of the CDC's
standard immunization schedule. According to CDC data from 2015,
nearly 93 percent of US children received their three doses of
IPV by the age of 2.

But, the paralytic polio case in New York was found in Rockland
County, a northern suburb of New York City, which has pockets of
low vaccination rates. In fact, in 2019, the county struggled
with an explosive measles outbreak due to the same problem.

According to the state health department, Rockland County
currently has a polio vaccination rate of just 60.5 percent
among 2-year-olds, compared to the statewide average of 79
percent.

The paralytic case in Rockland, which occurred in an
unvaccinated young adult, was first reported by authorities on
July 21, but the person's symptoms began in June. Since then,
transmission likely continued, with epidemiologists now saying
that thousands could be infected.

Multinational spread
And that's just in the US. On Friday, the Global Polio
Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced that the strain of
vaccine-derived poliovirus behind the Rockland case—a type 2
VDPV—is genetically linked to viruses detected in wastewater
sampling in London and Jerusalem, suggesting a sustained,
multinational spread of the dangerous virus.

To be clear, vaccine-derived poliovirus strains evolve from oral
polio vaccines (OPV), which are no longer used in the US or the
UK. (Isreal uses both IPV and OPV.) The oral polio vaccines use
weakened viruses that, if able to spread from person to person
amid poor sanitation and low vaccination rates, can mutate to
regain disease-causing capabilities. It's unclear where and how
this VDPV2 originated and spread.

"It is vital that all countries, in particular those with a high
volume of travel and contact with polio-affected countries and
areas, strengthen surveillance in order to rapidly detect any
new virus importation and to facilitate a rapid response," GPEI
said. "Countries, territories, and areas should also maintain
uniformly high routine immunization coverage at the district
level and at the lowest administrative level to protect children
from polio and to minimize the consequences of any new virus
being introduced."

Officials in New York are heeding that call, opening vaccination
clinics and urging residents to line up for shots, particularly
children.

"Polio is a dangerous disease with potentially devastating
consequences," New York State Health Commissioner Mary Bassett
said in a statement. "In the United States, we are so fortunate
to have available the crucial protection offered through polio
vaccination, which has safeguarded our country and New Yorkers
for over 60 years. Given how quickly polio can spread, now is
the time for every adult, parent, and guardian to get themselves
and their children vaccinated as soon as possible."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/ny-county-with-polio-has-
pitiful-60-vaccination-rate-1000s-may-be-infected/