Re: Illegal alien imported Polio found in New York wastewater as state urges vaccinations

[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.

WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The polio virus was present in
wastewater in a New York City suburb a month before health
officials there announced a confirmed case of the disease last
month, state health officials said on Monday, urging residents
to be sure they have been vaccinated.

The discovery of the disease from wastewater samples collected
in June means the virus was present in the community before the
Rockland County adult's diagnosis was made public July 21. read
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said
in an emailed statement that the presence of the virus in
wastewater indicates there may be more people in the community
shedding the virus in their stool.

However, the CDC added there have been no new cases identified,
and that it is not yet clear whether the virus is actively
spreading in New York or elsewhere in the United States.

Laboratory tests also confirmed the strain in the case is
genetically linked to one found in Israel, although that did not
mean the patient had traveled to Israel, officials added. The
CDC said genetic sequencing also tied it to samples of the
highly contagious and life-threatening virus in the United
Kingdom.

The patient had started exhibiting symptoms in June, when local
officials asked doctors to be on the lookout for cases,
according to the New York Times.

"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," State Health Commissioner Dr.
Mary Bassett said.

There is no cure for polio, which can cause irreversible
paralysis in some cases, but it can be prevented by a vaccine
made available in 1955.

New York officials have said they are opening vaccine clinics to
help unvaccinated residents get their shots. Inactivated polio
vaccine (IPV) is the only polio vaccine that has been given in
the United States since 2000, according to the CDC. It is given
by shot in the leg or arm, depending on the patient’s age.

Polio is often asymptomatic and people can transmit the virus
even when they do not appear sick. But it can produce mild, flu-
like symptoms that can take as long as 30 days to appear,
officials said.

It can strike at any age but the majority of those affected are
children aged three and younger.

Representatives for the New York health department could not be
immediately reached for more details on the wastewater findings.

The polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk in the 1950s was
heralded as a scientific achievement to tackle the global
scourge, now largely eradicated nationwide. The United States
has not seen a polio case generated in the country since 1979,
although cases from a traveler and an oral vaccine were found in
1993 and 2013.

Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Aurora Ellis

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/polio-found-new-york-wastewater-
state-assesses-virus-spread-2022-08-01/