Comment on Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in OklahomaparentComments−darth_avocado2moWe can, but if we’re not careful, it can come back.After eradicating polio for decades, we saw a case for the first time in 2022. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9577438/And given the drop in rates of immunization post covid, we can very expect more if the trend continues.−ralfd2mosuggesting an origin from the live attenuated oral polio vaccineWithout immunizations that would’nt have happened though?
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We can, but if we’re not careful, it can come back.
After eradicating polio for decades, we saw a case for the first time in 2022. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9577438/
And given the drop in rates of immunization post covid, we can very expect more if the trend continues.
Without immunizations that would’nt have happened though?