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   Hundreds could have polio after an adult in the New York City   
   metro area caught the virus and suffered paralysis last month,   
   the state’s top health official said this week.   
      
   New York state Health Commissioner Mary Bassett warned that the   
   confirmed polio case in an unvaccinated adult, coupled with the   
   detection of the virus in sewage outside the nation’s largest   
   city, could indicate a bigger outbreak is underway.   
      
   “Based on earlier polio outbreaks, New Yorkers should know that   
   for every one case of paralytic polio observed, there may be   
   hundreds of other people infected,” Bassett said. “Coupled with   
   the latest wastewater findings, the department is treating the   
   single case of polio as just the tip of the iceberg of much   
   greater potential spread.”   
      
   Bassett said it is crucial that children are vaccinated by the   
   time they are 2 months old, and all adults — including pregnant   
   women —who have not received their shots should do so   
   immediately.   
      
   “As we learn more, what we do know is clear: The danger of polio   
   is present in New York today,” Bassett said.   
      
   New York state health officials confirmed last month that an   
   unvaccinated adult in Rockland County had caught polio and was   
   hospitalized with paralysis. Health officials subsequently found   
   three positive polio samples in Rockland County wastewater and   
   four positive samples in the sewage of adjacent Orange County.   
      
   The sewage samples that tested positive for polio are   
   genetically linked to the strain which the unvaccinated adult   
   caught. The findings do not indicate that the individual who   
   caught polio was the source of transmission, but local spread   
   could be underway, health officials said.   
      
   “These findings provide further evidence of local — not   
   international — transmission of a polio virus that can cause   
   paralysis and potential community spread, underscoring the   
   urgency of every New York adult and child getting immunized,”   
   the New York State Department of Health said.   
      
   Rockland County has a polio vaccination rate of 60%, while   
   Orange County has a vaccination rate of 58%, according to health   
   officials. The statewide vaccination rate for polio is nearly   
   79%.   
      
   The U.S. was declared polio free in 1979 and a case had not   
   originated in the country since then, but travelers have   
   occasionally brought the virus into the U.S., according to the   
   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. New York last   
   confirmed a polio case in 1990 and the U.S. previously confirmed   
   a case in 2013, according to state health officials.   
      
   Children should receive four doses of the polio vaccine. The   
   first dose should be administered by 2 months of age, the second   
   dose at 4 months, the third at 18 months and the fourth by age   
   6, according to state health officials. Unvaccinated adults   
   should receive three doses.   
      
   Polio is a highly infectious, devastating virus that can cause   
   paralysis. The virus struck fear into parents’ hearts in the   
   1940s before vaccines were available. More than 35,000 people   
   became paralyzed every year from polio during that period. But a   
   successful vaccination campaign in the 1950s and 1960s   
   dramatically reduced the number of cases.   
      
   https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/05/new-york-polio-case-tip-of-   
   iceberg-hundreds-of-others-could-be-infected.html   
      
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