Once upon a time, a vaccine eliminated polio in the United States

 

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Headline:  Wisconsin State Journal, 7/21/2022

WSJ excerpt

An unvaccinated young adult from New York recently contracted polio, the first U.S. case in nearly a decade, health officials said Thursday. 

Officials said the patient, who lives in Rockland County, had developed paralysis. The person developed symptoms a month ago and did not recently travel outside the country, county health officials said.