How polio came back to New York for the first time in decades, silently spread and left a patient paralyzed
As published by CNBC on October 4, 2022:
PUBLISHED TUE, OCT 4 2022•10:14 AM EDT UPDATED TUE, OCT 4 2022•1:09 PM EDT
Spencer Kimball
KEY POINTS • An unvaccinated adult suffered paralysis in June from polio, the first case in New York since 1990. • Wastewater surveillance later found the virus had been spreading silently in the New York City area for months.
It’s worth noting that RFK, Jr is ending federal funding for the wastewater surveillance network which provides early detection of viruses in our cities in the critical period before epidemics break out.*
NY governor declares a disaster emergency as polio virus found in another county (from September of 2022 by which time the polio virus had spread to three adjacent New York counties).
See, that’s outrageous. When I was a child, that was a disease we’d hoped we were getting rid of. I had classmates who were polio survivors. The way things are going, we’ll be fighting smallpox again. 😞
