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In response to "Florida has measles, the UK has whooping cough (18,001 years later . . . ) -- (link)" by hollywood big shot

whooping cough is spreading among the anti-vax community, iirc two kids died last year in Seattle, polio is making a comeback too -- nm

Posted by zeitgeist May 9 '24, 23:13

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polio isn't making a comeback. it's endemic in 2 countries where there are fewer than 50 cases a year. all the rest are vaccine-derived. -- nm - mafic May 9, 23:53 2
- poliovirus has turned up in wastewater in New York, London and Israel WHO put the U.S. on the list of countries where poliovirus is actively circulat -- (link) - zeitgeist May 10, 00:40 1
  - people who get the oral vaccine can shed the virus. there have been zero wild polio cases outside of Afghanistan/Pakistan in almost a decade. - mafic May 10, 00:52

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