The recent outbreak of polio in New York prompted the state to declare a state of emergency.
CNBC claims that now that poliovirus has been found in the sewage samples of New York City and four counties (Rockland, Orange, Sullivan, and Nassau), Governor Kathy Hochul will increase polio immunizations.
The highly contagious disease polio can cause permanent paralysis or even death.
It is impossible to overestimate the gravity of the polio epidemic (both in the United States and globally). It is critical to achieving a high rate of vaccination coverage.
Since the introduction of the polio vaccine, Canada has not recorded a case of polio in more than 25 years.
Despite the disturbing return of polio, which well-known Ottawa physician Nili Kaplan-Myrth called “something that should never have happened,” she noted that Canada still has a high immunization rate.
Lockdowns, school closures, and decreased access to health care all contributed to a reduction in kid immunizations while the world was preoccupied with COVID-19.
This sparked concern as polio began spreading in a number of different countries.
Both WHO and UNICEF have issued alerts regarding the situation.
In July, AP revealed that 25 million children throughout the world did not get their recommended doses of the COVID vaccine.
Catherine Russell, the head of UNICEF, described the situation as an “alarm bell” for the health of children.
Canada had a similar decline, notably among preschoolers.
Fortunately, as Dr. Kaplan-Myrth pointed out, primary care physicians, pediatricians, nurses, and public health agencies are all moving quickly to make up for a lost time.
Vaccinating children for the past three generations has resulted in a population that is generally unaware of the severity of diseases traditionally associated with childhood.
For instance, whooping cough (pertussis) is a potentially fatal disease for unvaccinated youngsters.
Mumps can induce encephalitis, deafness, and infertility due to inflammation of one or both testicles (orchitis).
Medical complications are severe for infants whose mothers had Rubella (German measles) during the first trimester of pregnancy.
Kaplan-Myrth argued that everyone should be vaccinated against diseases including measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, pertussis, and polio during childhood.
“Every one of them is crucial.”
As a corollary, they are essential for getting into school.
Kaplan-Myrth agreed, saying that Canadians have it pretty well.
We’ve never worried that our kids will get polio or meningitis and die. What a blessing these immunizations have been.
Vaccines Are Not Just For little kids.
The Hep. B, HPV, and meningitis vaccines are frequently administered to students in the 7th and 8th grades. A tetanus shot is recommended every 10 years for adults, and some may also benefit from vaccinations against pneumonia and shingles.
This is a form of healthcare that focuses on preventing illness before it occurs. Vaccines are an elementary step that has far-reaching positive effects.
Certain areas may have a disproportionately high number of unvaccinated residents, but “they’re still a minority.”
Concerning “freedom” language emerged in relation to the COVID-19 vaccines; this sort of thing has no place in the realm of infant immunization.
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For instance, Canadian politician Pierre Poilievre encourages his constituents to “choose your own health and vaccine choices” in a Twitter video.
In early 2022, then-health minister Christine Elliott encouraged the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Ontario to sanction doctors accused of propagating anti-vaccine falsehoods surrounding the COVID pandemic.
More Than 40 Doctors Were Investigated.
Yet the politicisation of vaccines, which save lives, began long before the spread of the COVID virus.
At least 45 percent of the estimated 150 people sick during the 2014 “Disneyland Outbreak” in California were not vaccinated, as reported in a recent piece in The New York Times.
Legislators in an effort to increase vaccination rates tried to eliminate so-called “personal belief” exemptions; this marked the beginning of a shift in anti-vaccine rhetoric, which was amplified by social media.
The “don’t-tell-me-what-to-do freedom movement,” as described by David Broniatowski of George Washington University, sprang from concerns about medical harm to children.
In her opinion, vaccines should be kept out of politics, Kaplan-Myrth said. All of them have one goal in mind: preventing unnecessary deaths.
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