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World News today reported a Polio outbreak in several States.
Strikes Children! Weakness in limbs get medical help ASAP |
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Is there no vaccinations across the Pond?
 All vaccinations would be mandatory in Germany. JS |
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well, we have the freedom to be idiots over here...
Although some parents should be lined up in front of a firing squad for what they do to their kids... |
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This topic reminded me of my life in 1980s.
I had a friend during college, bright and built like a bull; but suffered from a limp - childhood polio - special shoes could not correct. His younger siblings were high achievers in college while this guy went way out to be part of social activities - was well liked in the neighborhood He had a peculiar way of giving good advice. I remember him hosting a birthday party out-to-beach event. His b_day, we enjoyed, he remained as the catering & camera man (remember no cell phones then). Now I had a mild crush on one of the girls and it was noticeable in the party. Same time, I was obsessed with a married woman in our neighborhood. This guy gave me a picture with the party girl in it - clearly to deflect me from my obsession - no words were spoken - but clear intent. Later on during his working years: he had to cope with the 'pity look' that peers give in a factory environment - cause, as many of us know, production, construction, etc., are command and control environments. Over the years, the bitterness swept into his family life. (I'm assuming this because) one day out of the blue his wife committed suicide (they had no children) --xx-- In 2011, after a 30 year campaign, India was declared a Polio free country. The campaign was started by Rotary India, joined by the Government. A larger international campaign is ongoing by Rotary International, WHO and supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Recently - Forbes published an article on the Indian success story and in it was a mention on American doctors who had volunteered to work on kids living in appalling (and hopeless) conditions. I have taken a tiny clip from it - the human side Dr. Scott Leckman, Rotary Member, immunizing children in India After doing the immunizations and walking back to the bus. I’m kind of walking by myself and this Indian guy about my age on a bike was passing by and jumps off and starts walking with me. He says, “Where are you from?” I say, “The United States.” “What are you doing here?” “I’m with Rotary and we’re immunizing kids against polio.” “Well, what do you get out of it?” I said, “A world without polio.” He thought about it for a moment and simply replied, “Namaste,” which is to say, I recognize the divinity within you. Then he got back on his bike and rode away. https://www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe/2014/03/15/the-secret-to-polio-eradication-in-india/#2ecd56c45639 |
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This is a new strain. No doubt the possible cause of chemical attack. Be prepared for more if we don't find the source and destroy it.
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Edited by
Palghat
on
Tue 10/16/18 06:20 AM
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This is a new strain. No doubt the possible cause of chemical attack. Be prepared for more if we don't find the source and destroy it. Seems like my earlier post is old news - Type 2 strain is threatening to reappear in India. For a long time, polio vaccines carried three strains of viruses—type 1, type 2 and type 3, also called P1, P2 and P3, respectively—and were hence called trivalent vaccines. Worldwide, the second strain was withdrawn from vaccines several years ago on confirmation that it had been eradicated among humans. India, which continued to use the trivalent vaccine for some more time, switched to bivalent vaccines in April 2016, joining the rest of the world, confident that the type 2 strain had been eliminated. The move also ensured that chances of vaccine-derived polio were minimized. With this, companies producing polio vaccines were supposed to destroy their stocks of strain 2. Therefore, the reappearance of the P2 strain comes as a shock and threatens to change India’s status as a polio-free nation. The bigger problem is that the virus can mutate and no one knows into what form—mild or virulent”. https://www.livemint.com/Politics/uzHStkd3o3zfIhYQKZhz0I/Fears-of-mystery-polio-strain-now-haunt-India.html There is also a mention that the Key Starting Material (KSM) for the vaccine was imported and possible cause for contamination. This is under investigation. |
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