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DOCTOR ISSUES WARNING ON RISK OF POLIO IN NEW YORK

Dec 30, 2023 at 1:08 PM EST


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Unvaccinated Migrants Fuel Dramatic Spike In Chickenpox Cases In Chicago
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Dr. Marc Siegel, a clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center
and a Fox News contributor, issued a warning on Friday about the rising risk of
polio in New York amid the migrant crisis.

In 2022, the first case of polio in New York since 1990 had been detected.
According to the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and the Center for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the polio virus was not only found in an
unvaccinated adult in Rockland County, but was also found in several wastewater
samples from communities near the adult's residence. In the late 1940s, more
than 35,000 people were paralyzed from polio in the U.S. every year, according
to the CDC. But the vaccine in 1955 dramatically reduced the spread of the
disease to less than 100 cases annually by the 1960s. The virus had also been
eliminated from the U.S. by 1979, though sporadic cases that originated abroad
have been identified over the years.

Polio symptoms include fatigue, fever, headache, stiffness, muscle pain and
vomiting. It can take up to 30 days for symptoms to show. It can also lead to
permanent paralysis of the arms and legs, and even death in some cases.



Since the influx of migrants coming into the U.S. over the past year, public
health concerns have increased as unvaccinated migrants have been fueling a rise
in diseases such as chickenpox.


A polio vaccine box is displayed at a health clinic in Brooklyn, New York, on
August 17, 2022. Dr. Marc Siegel, a clinical professor of medicine at NYU
Langone Medical Center and a Fox News contributor, issued a warning on Friday
about the rising risk of polio in New York amid the migrant crisis. ED
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In the first 11 months of 2023, at least 2,953,676 migrants crossed either of
the United States' southwestern or northern borders, according to data from the
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). That's an increase from recent years
that has created a headache for President Joe Biden, who has faced attacks from
Republicans about border security.


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During an interview appearance on Fox News' The Ingraham Angle, Dr. Siegel
discussed on Friday the influx of migrants and said that the crisis at the
U.S.-Mexico border can also mean an increase in polio cases due to unvaccinated
migrants.

"You just heard that half of the migrants, most of them pouring across the
border, not vaccinated against polio. We saw a case in New York State of polio
first since the 1970s. Wastewater in New York is now loaded with polio and even
if you had a polio vaccine you can still carry polio. I look at history through
a medical lens and I grant that this is a national security emergency at the
border, but it's also a public health emergency," Dr. Siegel said.

Newsweek has reached out to the New York State Department of Health and the
White House via email for comment.



Dr. Siegel, who specializes in internal medicine and treats conditions such as
influenza, also explained that the under-vaccinated population adds to these
public health concerns.

"We see chickenpox emerge because people are under vaccinated during the
pandemic, but when I talk to the top vaccine expert in the country, Paul Offit
from Penn, I ask what keeps him up at night. I thought he was going to say a
bioengineered virus, he said measles. Measles because 22 million children in the
world are not vaccinated fully against measles last year," he said.

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Due to unvaccinated migrants, nearly 400 cases of chickenpox in Chicago have
been identified so far this year, with November and early December specifically
marking an increase in cases, according to a health alert released by the
Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) on December 15. From 2005 to 2022,
the city averaged 53 cases of chickenpox per year.

As city officials across the country grapple with the influx of migrants who
have been bused to several major cities, many officials say they lack the
resources to cope with the increase. In Chicago, more than 25,000 migrants have
arrived since August 31, 2022, according to city data.

A spokesperson for the CDPH told Newsweek earlier this month in a statement that
their team is working to provide infection control guidance to shelters.



"The Chicago Department of Public Health has a team dedicated to detecting and
responding to reportable communicable diseases in shelters and other congregate
settings. Cases of varicella have been reported in new arrivals, and in response
the team has consulted with shelter managers and other facilities to provide
infection control guidance," the statement said.


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Natalie Venegas is a Weekend Reporter at Newsweek based in New York. Her focus
is reporting on education, social justice issues, healthcare, crime and politics
while specializing on marginalized and underrepresented communities. Before
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