The first U.S. polio case was discovered in nearly a decade. Should you worry?

 

 

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientist works with polio virus material. The first case of polio in nearly decade was detected in a New York patient Thursday. The individual was unvaccinated and likely contracted the virus from an individual outside of the country.

James Gathany/CDC

 

Health officials in New York have discovered a case of polio in an adult — the first case in the country since 2013.

 

The good news is most people have nothing to worry about. "Unless you're unvaccinated," according to retired family physician and polio survivor Marny Eulberg.

 

The New York State Department of Health said the unvaccinated individual from Rockland County likely contracted the virus from someone outside of the country who had taken an oral polio vaccine, which hasn't been authorized for use in the U.S. since 2000.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/22/1113018772/polio-new-york-case

1 minute ago, Scott said:

Should you worry?

No... because the vaccine is effective. 

 

Now lets stop worrying about every single viral outbreak and over-reacting when these things never concerned us or even reached the media before covid.... 

 

Because, when a serious outbreak of 'something else' does occur 'the boy who has cried wolf’ (i.e the media) will have done so too many times....  

11 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

No... because the vaccine is effective. 

 

Now lets stop worrying about every single viral outbreak and over-reacting when these things never concerned us or even reached the media before covid.... 

 

Because, when a serious outbreak of 'something else' does occur 'the boy who has cried wolf’ (i.e the media) will have done so too many times....  

Actually it will be the boys and girls who cried there is no wolf will be the ones who will be responsible. Just look at the difference in covid mortality between blue states and red states. Once vaccines became available, the redder the state, the higher the mortality. And to get more granular, it's even worse on the county level.