Polio detected in New York City sewage, suggesting its circulating

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Ongoing Mpox Happenings and other epidemic news

My understanding (from the BBC last night in the UK) is that the traces found in sewage/waste-water are likely to have come from people vaccinated with OPV in their home country (it seems quite a few still do it) and who may subsequently have recently moved (to UK). Shedding live vaccine is a known risk, apparently? Of course, that does not alter the risk that these traces might infect a non-vaccinated (or sub-optimally vaccinated) person coming into contact. Yeah - me too. Not that there ar…

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Nice going, anti-vaxxers. Polio, measles…I’m sure whooping cough and typhus will be coming down the road as they confront the tyranny of the bad ol’ medical experts.

Some anti-vax fuckwittery may be involved, but do read the link above and the articles linked within it. Live vaccines vs inactivated - shedding of virus from live vaccines is speculated about.

ETA Post edited to swap previous thread link for one starting at an earlier comment - makes more sense.