of the virus in waste water. the discovery comes after one person in upstate new york was recently diagnosed with polio. a case the cdc is calling just the very tip of the iceberg. while 90% of people who contract polio will exhibit no symptoms, the virus can cause meningitis that then leads to paralysis. new york s major is surging unvaccinated residents to get the polio shot. his city is facing a trio of dangerous diseases. we are dealing with a trifecta, covid is still very much here. polio, we have identified polio in our sewage. and we re still dealing with the monkeypox crisis. we re coordinating, and we re addressing the threats as they come before us. and we re prepared to deal with them and with the assistance of the washington, d.c. the monkeypox outbreak in new york and other cities is forcing
The great polio vaccine mess and the lessons it holds about federal coordination for today s COVID-19 vaccination effort
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what s costing us the most and then we have to fund it. i remember growing up in the 50s. i remember going to the health clinics and to the public arena where we would stand in line to get our polio shot. i know some in the audience aren t old enough to know this. some of you are. don t you dare act like you re not. and you remember the polio shots, right? before 1955, people were scared to death of polio. came up with the vaccine, got the polio shots, never worried about it again. why? because this country decided it was worth putting a focus on, and we didn t just focus on it, we funded it. what we need today to look at the big diseases that cost the most money, think of it as taking a man to the moon. we need an apollo program. not to go to the moon again, although that s not a bad idea.
what is costing us the most and then we have to fund it. i remember growing up in the 50s. and i remember going to the health clinics and to the public arena where we would stand in line to get our polio shot. i know some in our audience are not old enough to know this. some of you are, and don t you dare act like you are not. and you remember the pollio shots, right. before known 55 people were scareed to death of polio. jon assa ulk came up with a vaccine and we got our shots and the country decided it was worth putting a focus on and we funded it. what we do today to look at diseases that cost the most money and think of it as taking a man to the moon. we need an apollo program not to go to the monagain.