Chicago starts testing for polio virus in wastewater in hopes of detecting any potential local cases early – Chicago Tribune*

No cases of polio have been identified in Chicago or Illinois; Polio has been considered eradicated in the United States since 1979 following the dissemination of the vaccine that began two decades earlier. But one case of paralytic polio was identified in New York state in July 2022, and further wastewater testing found poliovirus in New York counties with low vaccination rates.
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Doug
3 years ago

Thousands of unvaccinated illegal migrants here, ie. no vaccination of polio or anything else including covid. What could possibly go wrong?

The Paraclete
3 years ago

Huh? We’re testing for something we haven’t found? What happens if the virus is detected? Ask a blm to burn the city to the ground?

Fullbladder
3 years ago

Isn’t that a 3rd world problem?

Platinum Goose
3 years ago
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It is a 3rd world problem but when you allow unrestricted migration from 3rd world places you get their problems with it.

outraged
3 years ago
Reply to  Fullbladder

The bidumb regime has turned us into one. FJB.

Joey Zamboni
3 years ago

>> found poliovirus in New York counties with low vaccination rates.<<

The fear mongering will never stop…

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