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Monday, April 28, 2003Figures from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed there were 1,920 confirmed cases of polio reported by laboratories in 2002, up from 483 the previous year... ...The Indian outbreak centred on the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Cases there accounted for 71% of all those seen across the world in 2002. It was the worst outbreak since 1988 when the World Health Organization began its bid to totally eradicate polio using mass vaccination campaigns. Part of the problem in India was that parents were suspicious of the immunizations. We see that more and more here in the United States as well. It's easy to be fooled into thinking that those childhood diseases we immunize against have gone away forever, but the truth is that if enough people opted out of giving their children immunizations, resurgences could happen here, too. posted by Sydney on 4/28/2003 07:35:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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