Joe Randig: Vaccination the key to preventing more polio outbreaks

Published on Trib Live

As long as polio exists anywhere, it is a threat everywhere, as evidenced by the recent paralysis of a young man and the detection of the poliovirus in the sewage in five counties in New York.

Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative have made great strides over the past 30-plus years to reduce polio cases by 99.9%. As we mark World Polio Day today, what’s happened to our neighbors in New York serves as a stark reminder that we still have work to do to increase the number of children who are vaccinated for this terrible disease.

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