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NY SEES ITS FIRST CASE OF POLIO IN ALMOST A DECADE, OFFICIALS FEAR IT HAS SPREAD

Jason Weisberger 7:36 am Tue Aug 2, 2022
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A largely unvaccinated county in New York has seen its first case of Polio in a
decade. Rockland County has a miserable 60.5% vaccination rate among
2-year-olds, and it is feared that hundreds if not thousands of residents may
contract the disease. 1 out of every 200 people who contract Polio suffers
paralysis.

Ars Technica:



> 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 1 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.



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