Back in 2018, despite being a critical-care physician, I wasn’t even sure if polio was a virus, or how it was transmitted. The entire topic was glossed over in medical school because none of us would ever need to care for a patient with the disease; vaccination had successfully eradicated polio from North America. I knew nothing about the nuances of the different vaccines. And I, of course, had never seen an acute case.
One woman I spoke with in Denmark, Maja Klamer Lohr, contracted polio in 1974. Ms. Lohr went to visit two cousins who had just received their sugar cubes . It was warm that spring, and they all played in a wading pool in the garden. Soon after, Ms. Lohr developed a fever and, to her mother’s horror, was unable to sit up. She was taken to the hospital, where they initially had no idea what was wrong.
At the age of 11, Ms. Lohr moved with her family to Burkina Faso for a year. There she saw the ravages of polio in a population that at the time had neither consistent access to the vaccine nor the specialized rehabilitation and physical therapy she had received that allowed her to regain full mobility. She noted that beggars on the street had withered limbs, bent with contractures of the muscles.
I had a slight case of polio when I was a bout 6 years. Had to have a spinal tap. Can feel the repercussions now. Many many farmers died in our rural area of Manitoba. Please take polio seriously as it will gladly affect anyone. Please get vaccinated when offered.
Sadly, the FreeDumb AntiVaxxerTerrorists & their political & financial enablers CanadaNeoNaziParty (cpc_hq) are sad that they won't see the Polio vaccine eliminated as a mandated public health care policy!
Lol, stop your foolishness
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On the rise my foot.....more government propaganda