Health Officials Warn Of Potential Polio Outbreak

Health Officials Warn Of Potential Polio Outbreak

WITH AMERICANS TO TAKE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE OUTBREAK SERIOUSLY. WARNING HUNDREDS MAY ALREADY BE INFECTED. AFTER DECADES OFF THE COLLECTIVE RADAR, POLIO HAS REARED ITS HEAD 

WITH EXPERTS URGING UNVACCINATED AMERICANS TO GET INOCULATED AGAINST THE DISEASE. >> NEVER GUESSED IT. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS IN NEW YORK STATE CONFIRM WASTEWATER SAMPLES IN ORANGE COUNTY 

CONTAINED THE DEADLY VIRUS. THOSE TESTS ORDERED AFTER A 20-YEAR-OLD MAN IN NEARBY ROCKLAND COUNTY TESTED POSITIVE LAST MONTH. EXPERTS FEAR HUNDREDS MORE ARE INFECTED. 

>> I ASSUME WE HAVE PEOPLE POSITIVE FROM IT. >> Reporter: THE LATEST TRAIN IN UNITED KINGDOM. IT HAS BEEN SEEN IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN. >> IT CAN CAUSE FEVERS AND FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS. 

IN SOME PEOPLE, THEY GET PARALYSIS PARALYSIS. >> Reporter: THE NEW YORK MAN NEVER SEEDRECEIVED THE WIDELY SE VACCINE. THIS CASE IS THE FIRST IN THE U.S. SINCE 2013. 

THE LAST TIME A CASE ORIGINATED HERE IN 1979. HOW INSANE IN YOUR MIND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT POLIO IN 2022? >> THIS IS ONE OF THE VIRUSES, DISEASES, WE WERE SO CLOSE TO

ERADICATING. 

I THIS I YOUNK YOU ARE SEEING TH WORST. >> Reporter: AMID THE COVID PANDEMIC AND OUTBREAK OF MONKEYPOX, EXPERTS ARE ASKING TO CHECK YOUR IMMUNITY FROM ANOTHER VIRUS. 

ONE LONG THOUGHT TO BE BEHIND US. SPEAKING OF MONKEYPOX, THAT IS A HEALTH CONCERN THIS MORNING. DECLARED A NATIONAL HEALTH EMERGENCY WITH VACCINES IN SHORT SUPPLY. HERE IN ILLINOIS, NEW, OVERNIGHT. 

KIDS AT A DAY CARE IN THE CHAMPAIGN AREA ARE SCREENED FOR EXPOSURE AFTER A STAFF MEMBER TESTED POSITIVE. 

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lancelot chambers:

I was born in the late 60’s in the Caribbean where it was mandatory to receive vaccines against Polio, Mumps, chicken-pox, Rubella, before age 5 and definitely before the end of kindergarten. I used to believe that I would never hear about Polio again in my lifetime. So sad I was mistaken

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Angela E   :

Does anyone else find this strange..I don't know, it just seems weird to me. Stay Safe🇺🇸