Polio is found in the U.K. for the first time in nearly 40 years. Here's what it means

[Scott]

 

For the first time in nearly 40 years, health officials in the U.K. have identified a likely outbreak of polio in London.

So far, there have been no cases of polio detected directly in the U.K. But instead, scientists have discovered the outbreak through an indirect route. 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/06/22/1106711204/polio-found-in-u-k-for-the-first-time-in-nearly-40-years-heres-what-it-means

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Possibly due to immigrants from Pakistan? 

"Pakistan is one of the two remaining countries[1][2] in the world where poliomyelitis (polio) is still categorized as an endemic viral infection,[3] the other one being Afghanistan.[1] As of August 2022, there has been 14 documented cases in Pakistan in 2022.[4][5] "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio_in_Pakistan

[Chomper Higgot]

BBC Radio 4 had a god segment on this earlier in the week.

 

The most likely source of this virus detected in the sewage system is the use in other parts of the world of ‘live denatured’ polio virus as a vaccine.

 

DNA analysis of the detected virus  has revealed links to Israel an New York.

 

Anyone who recalls being given their polio vaccination as drops on a sugar cube has been administered ‘live denatured virus’ as their polio vaccination.

[Chomper Higgot]

A correction to the alarmist OP.

 

The detection of polio virus passed over into the sewage system is not evidence of a ‘polio outbreak’.

 

Especially so when no polio cases are reported by the NHS.

 

A virus being passed into fever/untimely after vaccination is not new.

 

I recall being given very specific hygiene instruction on dealing with diapers after our children were vaccinated.

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18 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

A correction to the alarmist OP.

 

The detection of polio virus passed over into the sewage system is not evidence of a ‘polio outbreak’.

 

Especially so when no polio cases are reported by the NHS.

 

A virus being passed into fever/untimely after vaccination is not new.

 

I recall being given very specific hygiene instruction on dealing with diapers after our children were vaccinated.

Anyway, since according to the authorities, most residents of the UK are vaccinated, it really can't pose a threat to most. What's more, most people who do get infected with the virus don't suffer severe symptoms.

[Credo]

I suspect this is a cautionary report which has caught the attention of the media and a nervous public.  We've had Covid and monkey pox, so infectious diseases is a reality many people ignored for a very long time.  

 

It should also be remembered that polio is primarily an intestinal infection and it is only a small number of people who get the more serious polio myelitis.  

 

It's worth keeping an eye on.

[Chomper Higgot]

2 hours ago, placeholder said:

Anyway, since according to the authorities, most residents of the UK are vaccinated, it really can't pose a threat to most. What's more, most people who do get infected with the virus don't suffer severe symptoms.

But many are not vaccinated and the impact of infection is far too often extremely severe.

 

Hence the abundance of caution.

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6 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

But many are not vaccinated and the impact of infection is far too often extremely severe.

 

Hence the abundance of caution.

Well, if the unvaccinated are concentrated in a community that could be a problem for them. But if the unvaccinated are more randomly distributed, then not so much.