cases for over four years, is significant. remember that this is just the tip of the iceberg because it is the rare case that causes paralysis. so that means there must be several hundred other cases in the community circulating before you see this one case. it is not just this community. it is any other community that is surrounding it that has low vaccination rates that is also at risk. the spread is always a possibility. the spread is going to be silent. so let s look at vaccination rates in the communities that the doctor mentioned. in rockland county, new york, it is 60% nationally 92, that s incredibly low. orange county and the neighboring county in new york, 58%. apparently these folks who refuse to vaccinate, they re forgetting history to put it bluntly. children who are paralyzed, children who end up in ended up in iron lungs, it is just horrible what polio can do. it really is.
massive vaccination campaigns and what s happening now is that anti-vaxxers, people who refuse to vaccinate their children, are bringing polio back. there is one known case of an unvaccinated young adult in rockland county north of new york city who has polio but a senior cdc official told me we think there could be many, many more cases because polio doesn t usually paralyze people, usually when people have polio they re actually asymptomatic, they don t even know they have it, and they could be spreading it around. let s take a listen to dr. josé romero. we re definitely concerned. finding polio in a country where we have had high levels of vaccination, haven t seen polio cases for over 40 years is significant. remember that this is just the tip of the iceberg, right? the very, very tip of the iceberg. because it s the rare case that causes paralysis. so that means that there must be several hundred other cases in the community circulating before
importance of the vaccine. it s a vaccination that everybody should get. the committee that we re seeing, the polio cases, it s communities that are under vaccinated, specifically to polio. that s why we re seeing that polio is a vaccine preventable illness. we need to be pushing those primary vaccinations. you re so incredibly important. we know that polio has been eradicated, and now we re seeing it come back. it is mostly because people are not getting their vaccinations. especially children. it is incredibly important. doctor uché blackstock, it was great to meet you in person. it s good to see you again on my screen. thank you for spending part of your sunday with us. ahead, how the senate is breathing new life into the presidents agenda, including a big win on climate. america s first ever white house national climate adviser is going to join us. plus, a ton of legal news from prosecuting peddlers and the big lie. digging deeper into those
before. we don t know what it typically looks like or even a typically looks like, because we re seeing people with one or two. so it s about educating providers and educating the public about what it looks like and how it shows up and how it s transmitted. right now i would say the most important thing is messaging and education. we need to get that out to everyone. we also need to make sure that we are ensuring the process and vaccination and testing is as easy as possible. we know that and we talked about it before available is not the same thing as accessible. we need to make sure that people know how to access treatments and vaccines when they needed. i have one minute left, i have to ask you. a lot of talk about the rising number of polio cases in new york state. your thoughts? this outbreak, or the new cases could potentially lead to an outbreak. i think it emphasizes the