Polio in New York

[@dreamweaver8913]

Sadly, Vincent, it's not just children who don't have good handwashing hygiene. As a woman, I can't tell you how many times I've been in public bathrooms and witnessed grown women come out of a stall, walk right past the sinks and out the door. I've seen it in restaurants, as well as students, some nursing students, at a college campus when I was in school. So gross!

[@havfaith56]

Or they on only rinse off their fingers.

[@davinagray700]

@Dream Weaver EXACTLY, I hear you. 👊👊Some women are sooo NASTY 🤢. In public restrooms some women DON'T EVEN WASH THEIR HANDS. Sooo disgusting. 😖 I've have a thing or question I usually ask people. ((( Here it is ))) -- I ask a person: About how many times a day do you usually wash your hands❓❓❓ I've checked myself on that one time & it was 12x's that I washed my hands that day. Man, hygiene is sooo critical & as MUST to do in society. Sorry, not too many people know that or do it.

[@tracesprite6078]

Or the hand washing is just a ritual gesture, lightly touching the water and then shaking the hands. And some men joke about the very idea of washing their hands if they have only urinated.

[@RobertJones-et7gh]

Men too. Happens in the men's restroom. Many can't bother to wash their hands when leaving the restroom. Selfish. Disgusting. Putting others in danger.

[@ppw8716]

Gross. I’ve seen it to, unfortunately. That’s disgusting. The population of people who do NOT have good or ANY hand hygiene should take note.

[@janetd4862]

Born in ‘54, I got all my polio shots. In the early 60s, when they went to the oral, my parents made me do that, too, so my younger siblings wouldn’t be afraid to take it. I remember thinking how unfair that was…just after I finished all the shots, I had to do this! My dad had polio in college, though he didn’t know it at the time - he was poor, and didn’t see a doctor. It was during his physical after he was drafted that the doctor asked him when he’d had polio. He had weak ankles that didn’t keep him out of the army, but kept him out of Korea. Late in life, he developed post polio syndrome, and could hardly stand or walk, and breathing was difficult as his diaphragm was also affected.

[@PC-dc1kv]

I was born in ‘53, had 3 Polio shots but got Polio anyway in August 1960. Had paralysis of my right hand with weakness of the arm and shoulder as well. Thank God, my legs were not affected. Even though it didn’t work for me, I really hope people keep up their children’s Polio vaccines and don’t become complacent. It could make a comeback.

[@Favorite-catNip]

I served us Army years back. A medical Reseve Unit in St. Louis mo. A fellow soldier. Warrant officer had polio. Had specialty Boots. Such a nice guy. I think he was a Chaplin. 👍🤗 nice dude.

[@tobybuckwheat9270]

@@Favorite-catNip Fort Lost in the Woods? 😅

[@kimberlywaldrop5959]

This guy has no ideal what he's talking about. Look up DDT poisoning. Poisoning is the virus and causes the gray matter (polio) in the spinal cord paralyzation. Stop injecting poison! You know why it's called germ THEORY?

[@dnickaroo3574]

This is the first time that I heard that the Sabin Vaccine spreads the Polio Virus - most cases in Africa were introduced by using Sabin Oral Vaccine. We are going to see increasing suspicion and resistance to ALL vaccines because of the continual Lies.

[@dawnramsey6678]

My dad joined the army in 1959. They gave him the polio vaccine. He became paralyzed from the neck down. He spent an entire year in a va hospital where his paralysis had gone away except for his hips. His hips remained paralyzed the rest of his life. Since my dad was 17 yrs old he could never stand up or walk ever again on his own. He walked on crutches until his rotor cups were shot so he then was confined to a wheel chair. They say what doesnt kill you only makes you stronger, they are right. RIP Papa Joe

[@mcmans.]

Sounds Like your Father was a "Break Through Case" Meaning he Got Polio from Taking the Vaccine itself. But, the Government Sponsored News Media says All Vaccines are "Safe and Effective". Sorry to hear about your story.

[@SuperBenette]

It killed many people , two children in our school class had to wear those irons on the legs to walk, even today its scary and could attack you or everyone, hopefully they would vaccinate and treat the people very fast, be blessed.

[@SuperCarolkim]

Reacted to the vaccine? I heard it was BECAUSE of the mass vaccination campaign going to war that triggered polio outbreak….

[@merryl55]

My dad got polio from the polio vaccine, and many people get the flu from the flu vaccine (enough said).

[@carolnolan9439]

I got flu from flu shot sick for 8 weeks. I got shingles from shingles shot. No more shots for me

[@GivePeaceAChance12]

The numbers who get illness from vaccines is so low compared to non vaccinated!

[@Earthether]

The cv vax maybe causing t his

[@geraldtakala1721]

Already infected and got the vaccine before the disease manifested itself. People will be asymptomatic for days with viral infections if vaccinated during this time they blame the vaccine when illness occurs as it takes many days for the immune response.correlation not causation

[@l.w.paradis2108]

Oral live attenuated is stll causing outbreaks in the Third World. That form of polio vaccine is never used in developed countries. You can figure out why they are underplaying this. The Guardian wrote about it a while ago. It turned up in London first.

[@laurelherold1956]

I'm a 70 year old woman. In spring of 2020, I was fortunate to be part of a medical trial using the inactivated polio vaccine to protect against Coviid. I have not contracted Covid and I've been re immunized against polio.

[@donnazukadley7300]

@Laurel Herold Why would a polio vaccine protect against Covid?

[@joseh3564]

Laurel: Thank you so much for posting about it. I did an online search and found a study that shows the polio vaccine produces antibodies that are effective against original COVID. I'm going to talk to my doctor about getting a polio booster. Thanks again.

[@joseh3564]

Laurel: here's the name of the study that I found online "Inactivated polio vaccine induces antibodies that block SARS-CoV-2 RNA synthesis."

[@laurelherold1956]

You're welcome. My hope in posting about this was to generate awareness about the use of the polio vaccine in fighting against Saars viruses. In the spring of 2020, governmental powers in Washington didn't even want to talk to these researchers about their study.

[@tammysavoie9771]

Very interesting. I have such bad reactions to immunizations I'm afraid to get them. I am immune compromised due to an inherited disease. I wonder if that's why I have such a problem with them. I actually had hallucinations in the mid 60's from the smallpox vaccine. I still remember how sick it made me.

[@John-fg8gu]

I had Polio in 1950 It was found in my spinal fluid. For some unknown reason my body immune system eliminated the polio virus and I became completely free of the virus. However, it did take years for me to recover from the side effects incurred from the Polio virus. I also received the IPV shot and the sugar cube. I am now 77 years old and have only had some problems with my right leg from the original Polio infection.

[@liakayte7734]

You are lucky...my friend got polio after vaccine in 1967. She is paralyzed completely.All life in while chair...spine, legs...very smart ...and thanks to God she can talk , read and write...

[@JC-il4or]

As a participant in the Salk trials (circa 1954?) And having taken the Sabin oral dose in 1961 or so, I have a question: what is the duration of the efficacy of these vaccines? Or has this not been studied? Thank you for a very complete history and explanation of the subject!

[@lizbethartemis4886]

Good question

[@patricianoll1229]

U can take another 50 vax now if u want now every day one new report for sure

[@andreamortimer2610]

According to the CDC Website: Adults Most adults do not need polio vaccine because they were already vaccinated as children. But three groups of adults are at higher risk and should consider polio vaccination in the following situations: You are traveling to a country where the risk of getting polio is greater. Ask your healthcare provider for specific information on whether you need to be vaccinated. You are working in a laboratory and handling specimens that might contain polioviruses. You are a healthcare worker treating patients who could have polio or have close contact with a person who could be infected with poliovirus. Adults in these three groups who have never been vaccinated against polio should get 3 doses of IPV: The first dose at any time, The second dose 1 to 2 months later, The third dose 6 to 12 months after the second. Adults in these three groups who have had 1 or 2 doses of polio vaccine in the past should get the remaining 1 or 2 doses. It doesn’t matter how long it has been since the earlier dose(s). I got a booster a few years ago because I travelled to Europe and was wondering about the influx of refugees who had never been immunized. My doctor agreed that it might be wise to be boostered.

[@melissajennings8999]

My thoughts exactly. I got the OPV as a kid, at least according to his time-line. Does that mean I need to go get the IPV? Guessing it does, even if I don't need to, they'll say I do to sell another shot. Glad you posed this question. I'm going to ask my rheumatologist next time. I just moved out of state & to a very rural area & he's the only one w/o having to spend hours in the road. So far I've been impressed about his actual knowledge of anatomy, test result explanations, you know, the doctor part, lol. It sucks he needs a law degree to keep up with what medication he can prescribe depending upon which of the states in his area, the Tri-State, his patient lives in. I miss the days when doctors could focus more on a patient's health as opposed to what a bunch of corrupt politicians get bribed into signing!

[@NeonCicada]

@@melissajennings8999 Vaccines aren't sold per shot/by the dose (they come in boxes of glass vials/oral tabs and are purchased as bulk units) -- so there's really no financial motivation for anyone to mislead you. Well...other than your insurance providers 😂

[@wookieecantina]

The wife and I obtained our IPV injections today, via CVS Pharmacy (Southern California). Cost was $115.00 per injection, but absolutely worth every penny. We're 59 and 60 years old, immunized as children, but the efficacy over the years, so we're told, wains. Thank you for your wonderfully informative video.

[@michaelschmidt4529]

A complete and thorough discussion of the science and a potential explanation behind this one case of paralytic Polio in NY. Well done Dr. Racaniello

[@MicrobeTV]

Thank you Michael.

[@My2CentsYall]

its called not vaccinating your kids or yourself for that matter.

[@SuperBenette]

Everything starts at ONE.

[@aanderson2880]

My father watched as my sister and I washed out hands. He gave what he called hand washing instructions

[@aanderson2880]

@@MicrobeTVno

[@cynthiacupler8005]

I got Polio at the age of 2 years ago, and now I have pps,I have good days and I have bad days, but very blessed, I'm 76 years old.

[@norman_5623]

When I heard Rockland County, I immediately guessed that the patient was in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community there, which is a center of anti-vaccination activism. They regularly travel abroad, to Poland, Eastern Europe and Israel, visit similarly unvaccinated communities there, and bring diseases back to New York. As the NEJM, MMWR, Science and the New York Times have reported, these communities in Rockland County and Brooklyn have been responsible for large outbreaks of mumps, measles, and COVID-19, and have been particularly resistant to vaccination and public health laws. Of course, this is a great frustration to health workers and others in the larger Jewish community. First US case of polio in nearly a decade is an Orthodox Jewish man By Jacob Henry Jewish Telegraphic Agency July 21, 2022

[@norman_5623]

@@justsaying9443 In my 60 years of studying biology, I've seen our understanding of biological mechanisms get better, and our ability to function as a society get worse. We weren't able to mobilize ourselves to fight COVID-19, when 1 million lives depended on it.

[@hummingbird275]

Isn’t that JUST GRAND? NOT ❗️

[@karenlebeter4196]

We lined up at the nearest elementary school, with our parent. We passed a table with a huge number of sugar cubes, each with a red dot (the vaccine). We were little and thought having a sugar cube was special. San Antonio, TX

[@JennyBaty1]

I remember something like that too.

[@SuperBenette]

Same here, still have to smile at how innocent little-ones can be.

[@MsJoaniesgarden]

This reminds me of being approximately nine years old running barefoot through a mud hole in the street. A concerned mother stuck her head out her front door and screamed at me to "Get out of that polio water"! I learned later that swimming pools and ponds were closed down to prevent the spread. Was this overkill or is there really a concern? I did have a polio vaccine (69 yrs old)

[@_c_y_p_3]

I remember my ex wife's grandma telling me to NOT eat the snow you will get polio.

[@1953childstar]

Polio is spread through fecal matter. Dirty water, dirty unwashed hands, etc..

[@drpamelamozingo4079]

I was born in 1960 in a military hospital in Germany. Up to 1964 we traveled a lot between Germany and US. My mother says I had the polio vaccine several times as it was required to enter the US. She thinks I had both Salk and Sabin. With one of those, I got very ill with encephalitis. I’ve been left with lifelong weakness on my right side, but thank god no paralysis. Can you also comment on SV-40?

[@chloemartel9927]

I got both vaccines also... of course the tainted one also.

[@humanbeingscanb2evil]

Sv 40 that’s the monkey virus that some experts warned could be passed on via the polio vaccines which can lead to cancer years later,mainly brain tumours,the doctor/ expert that warned about it back then was ridiculed and smeared but years later was proven correct,NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED REALLY,TODAY THOSE WARNING ABOUT THE COVID VACCINES MAINLY THE MRNA ONES ARE ALSO SMEARED BUT AS TIME GOES ON THEIR STATEMENTS ARE BEEN PROVEN CORRECT AND THE EXPERTS ON MSM AND THAT GOVERNMENTS PROMOTE ARE BEEN PROVEN WRONG. I HAVE ZERO FAITH IN OUR MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT NOW. THERE IS NO MONEY IN CURE AND BOY OH BOY HAVE BIG PHARMA GOTTEN SUPER RICH OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. zero liability,endless booster and then the vaccine injured having to take big pharma medicine for whatever remains of their vaccine I hired lives,TALK ABOUT A WIN WIN THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DOCTOR STUFF UPS FIRST WAS HEART AND SECOND WAS CANCER AND BOTH OF THOSE THINGS ARE REALLY INCREASING OVER THE LAST YEAR SINCE A CERTAIN THING WAS ROLLED OUT AT THE END OF 2020,insurance companies seeing an increase of up to 40% in death claims but not due to the virus and took off after the boosters were been pushed in 2021. Like I said huge win win for big pharma,no liability so can’t be sued( wonder would that make them more willing to put out good products or just shove out any fast tracked thing onto the market) never ending boosters cause the first two didn’t do it and then the vaxxed injured needed medical treatments and drugs for the rest of their lives( how ever long that might be) investing in big pharma back in 2020 could have been a huge money maker( if you are a soulless pos that is,lol) best not invest in insurance companies now,maybe morgues/ funeral homes seems they are doing a really good trade at the moment. THERE IS NO MONEY IN CURE. AND THATS HOW LITTLE I THINK OF OUR MEDICAL INDUSTRY NOW,FDA,CDC,WHO,BIG PHARMA . big pharma has the most lobbyists between big pharma ,fda,cdc etc it’s a revolving door for job opportunities. Fda approved OxyContin which lead to the mass opioid crisis Pfizer up until 2022 had the single largest fine in history,for fraud,seems nothing has changed. Baby powder contaminated with asbestos And on and on it goes. SO PLEASE DONT ASK ME TO TRUST INNTHE ROCKERFELLA MEDICAL INDUSTRY. OR MSM CNN BROUGHT TO YOU BY PFIZER.

[@leodikinis7390]

Thank you Vincent for the short course on polio. Every time you talk on this subject I learn something new. Best to all!

[@kimberlywaldrop5959]

Did he mention DDT is good for me, sprayed on the food and children back then? Can you guess the side effects of DDT???

[@MsJoaniesgarden]

@@kimberlywaldrop5959 A teacher of mine in college told us it was a common practice in the military when stationed around swampy jungle environments to spray from head to toe with DDT to combat malaria. He claimed he was a "walking dead man". Life seems to be one big experiment with whatever inventions are commonplace at the time. Remember when "bloodletting" with leeches was a cure-all for nearly everything?

[@kimberlywaldrop5959]

@@MsJoaniesgarden Latin word for virus is poison. Beware of poison injection.

[@JRich-yz3he]

I had polio in 1952 and still struggle. thank you for this.

[@darbiemayberry2902]

My parents married Dec 7 1941 , on one of there trips to portland Oregon from Astoria Oregon they stopped at there favorite roadside cafe for soup My father saw a dragon fly in the restaurant his intuition kept telling him that dragonfly is dangerous. Soup came dad took his spoon to his mouth to take his first taste of the soup , the dragonfly flew between his mouth and the spoon , dad said sbout 15 min later he didn’t feel well he told my mother to get him to portland for a dr to check him out. Hospital admitted him he had contacted polio the drs all were very busy trying all different treatments noting was working. My father was perilized the whole left side of his body . One Dr came in and said he was treating his son a different way and was seeing much progress , and asked my father if he wanted to try that treatment Dad said Yes I can not do noting being perilized on half of my body. Soon they wheeled in on a cart a large stainless steel pot of boiling water with white towels in there and a big broom handle stick ? ? They took stick pulled out a hot hot towel and layed it on His left perilized side of his body they kept changing out towels as they got cooler to put hotter ones on him . This continued for ? Dad said the dr said we’re going to release you know this is the best we can do , my father thanked the doctor very much he got his whole left side back to normal on his body everything worked fine no peralisis except his face had left side droop of eye and mouth so dad went home and didn’t give up !! He put hot hot water in a rubber water bottle and put it on his left side face sat in a chair with head titled back and rocked his head forward and back all day and changing out the water to keep it hot . This WORKED ! Full recovery dad worked till he was 84 then passed of heart problem. As a child growing up I always wanted to watch dad sneeze because of polio his only effect he had left was his left eye stayed open when he sneezed. I loved my daddy he was my hero I always gave praise to that portland doctor who cured my father of polio paralysis growing up I saw several people with left arms being perilized from polio I always wished they would of met that hero of a dr years ago. Please everyone remember this 💜pass it on make a difference 💜

[@carolyngetchman4437]

i heard that as a child , Alan Alda , also had that treatment of hot and stretching

[@hummingbird275]

Thank you for the very interesting story. It appears that your father was a very positive & determined man. Your hero? ❤️

[@PC-dc1kv]

That’s the Sister Kenny method of treatment. She was an Australian nurse who innovated her own method and was ridiculed for it.

[@karenzupanic718]

That is Sister Kenny's treatment, an Australian nurse. Neither Salk or Sabin (racing to be the famous vax inventor) took her work seriously, they actually dismissed her practical and effective treatment. They, instead, continued to focus on a vax..which gave many people polio. A bad batch of vax from the Cutter Laboratories.paralyzed some 200,000 kids. About 200 died as well. All 8 major vaccines were introduced after the peak of disease had already passed, yet got the credit for 'fixing' the outbreaks which is not true. Just brilliant marketing to set people up to accept vaxxs of all sorts.... including covid and ones they have planned for us in the future. (Please explain why the US govt currently has enough smallpox vaccine for every US citizen, when it was supposedly eradicated? How can a polio vax (with such tiny base changes, that a virus appears to be able to change as 'evidenced' by poo samples) protect you from Covid, a completely DIFFERENT VIRUS. Just use common sense. Despite the covid virus never having been isolated, they have sequenced it??? How??? Yet the POLIO vaccine (is that old Salk/Sabin technology being used or new technology?) which works on a completely different molecule, works on covid? Come on, people. Use your noodles. You are a willing pincushion for whatever they want to shove into you. God help humanity. Many people in Aust got polio from the triple polio vax, but what did they say to the parents and kids? Instead of saying the vax caused it, they said it would have been worse without the vax. Pure rubbish and self justification by doctors to explain away the harm done by the so-called 'cure'. Very sad to see people wanting to jab themselves with this rubbish.

[@rdallas81]

Wow. Married on The day that will live in infamy.

[@solapowsj25]

Raised CSF pressure due to atypical meningitis in infancy is one presentation of polio. Clinically, there's tripod sign and muscle weakness. Nerves are damaged by stretching and pressure so there's diplopia due to abducens nerve damage and auditory nerve damage causees hearing defects. Splinting in infancy helps decrease the muscle weakness. In adult life, reflex gamma spindle activation of girdle joint tendons helps maintain muscle tone. Light stimulation of the overlying skin helps reactivate the isolated brain using sensory nerve to the region. Regular physical exercise and training helps the patient cope with daily activities.

[@steveoswald7554]

This is superb! Thank you Vincent for taking the time to record this. As a 4 or 5 year old in the mid-1950's I distinctly remember the abject fear that my mother had about the possibility of getting poliomyelitis as well as the summertime restrictions (no swimming pool excursions) we endured at the time. I also remember her dragging me kicking and screaming to a vaccination center in a Seattle suburb to receive Salk's vaccine. The center had pre-drawn syringes and had placed them in either small brown or pink disposable drinking cups. When the health care provider asked me if I wanted "chocolate or strawberry", I stopped screaming, mostly out of curiosity I guess. The injection wasn't bad at all!

[@cak3495]

Which one did you pick?

[@steveoswald7554]

@@cak3495 My recollection is that I picked strawberry but I am not 100% certain. 😊

[@merryl55]

My dad got polio from the polio vaccine, and I never got the polio vaccine.

[@honeybadgerisme]

@@merryl55 That is a sad, but true, possibility with all vaccines. Every single human is incredibly unique--more than just fingerprints.

[@honeybadgerisme]

@@merryl55 see @17:04

[@christinerobinson9372]

I was vaccinated 50 years ago, does the polio vaccine need to be updated?

[@MicrobeTV]

No, you do not need another polio vaccine.

[@christinerobinson9372]

@@MicrobeTV Thank you.

[@carolyngetchman4437]

yes, i think so

[@glitterizedrainbow2311]

@@carolyngetchman4437 Its from a type of live polio vaccine only used in a few countries.

[@besoamy1]

NY just gets worse minute by minute. Appreciate the thorough explanation of vaccines

[@andymullarx6365]

The scourge of America.

[@susanne5803]

Thank you very much! I still remember the mass vaccination in my country. We lined up to get live polio on a sugar cube. The only schoolchildren with polio I know nowadays are refugees from Afghanistan and Pakistan. It's heartbreaking.

[@terri241]

Polio was a nightmare disease of my childhood summers until the IPV developed by Dr. JONAS SALK became available. As an elementary school student I sat in front of a girl who had had polio. She had steel braces on both legs, specially-designed shoes that went through the steel "stirrups" and crutches. Children in the 1950s knew what polio was. We were taken to Iron Lung Wards in hospitals to decorate Christmas Trees and hang wreaths in those wards. Polio was a serious threat and I still remrember having the three injections of the Salk vaccine when it became availableThe doctor taught us how to hold the upper arm muscle so that the hypodermic syringe did not hurt as it went in. I am forever grateful that my parents had their children vaccinated against Diphtheria. TB, Pertussis, Smallpox and, years later, Polio. I also remember when the Sabin Vaccine, dribbled on a sugar cube, was introduced in 1961. Sabin's OPV might have been easier to give to children but Salk's IPV is still the safer option.

[@Favorite-catNip]

Yes. As a child I remember a older girl with leg braces wearing a jumper dress. She could hardly walk. She was at the clinic when I got the sugar cube meds. I asked my mother what was wrong with her. And it took a little bit for my young mind to understand & grasp she couldn't Walk. And it upset me a little that this young girl Just couldn't walk. My mind was stuck. I'm guessing the girl was 9 yo. Or so. I wasn't in school yet but remember it That's one reason why I became a Nurse. I just didn't understand how a young person couldn't walk run or skip. Bless the doctor who designed this med. And didn't keep a penny for his hard work. Imagine a free pharmaceutical today. Those greedy crumbs. 🙄👍🤗🧐👏

[@Melmelba]

My mother had polio. She suffered greatly. Can’t imagine not vaccinating our children. Devastating illness.

[@kathymyers7279]

Polio vaccine ACTUALLY WORKS.

[@MaryGatdula]

One of my older brothers contacted polio long before there was a vaccine. He spent a year in the hospital and had to learn to walk all over again and go through physical therapy for a long time. He still was cripples in one arm, but that is way better than most children did way back then. Unfortunately, he has now developed the post polio syndrome and is having a very rough time. His whole body is becoming stiffer and he's barely able to use his arms. So sad!

[@sandrastevens4418]

I was vaccinated against polio as part of my childhood vaccinations, I was born in the Caribbean (Curaçao) in 1965 and was vaccinated against small pox the moment I was born you can still see it on my arm. I grew up in the Netherlands and there are in the Bible belt extreme protestant church that do not vaccinate. So cases of polio and tuberculosis would at times pop up. At those times everyone would get a booster in a sugar cube. I never had Polio but I trained in nursing as an LPN in a nursing home. I took care of people who were paralyzed for life because of childhood polio.

[@dannymack9636]

The same happened in India and africa, they banned the culprit from ever returning thus eradicating the polio from ever returning.

[@jenniferwinsor7740]

Wow you cranked this out well and fast. I was just catching up on the latest Q & A with A & V livestream from Thursday night. I missed it live and heard you were going to make a podcast on the U.S. polio case. Thank you for the explanation.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

I certainly remember cases, not many but a few, where a parent has caught the virus from their vaccinated child. In one case the father wasn't able to take the vaccination and was infected and hospitalised - UK I think but might have been another European country - and I have seen reports of parents/babysitters catching the virus from a child. The only severe case I have heard of is the unvaccinated father, but it's certainly an issue that I have heard of.

[@adaptivelogic1354]

You CANNOT catch polio from a vaccinated child ... the vaccine is INACTIVATED Polio Virus ...!!

[@Rock_Girl_Daze]

Caught the vaccine from the vaccinated 😂 you need an edit

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

@@Rock_Girl_Daze Will do. Thanks.

[@jacquelineioliphdrn5282]

Dr R, thanks for this excellent re-introduction to the pathology of polio. I love your show (TWIV). In an upcoming clinical update with Dr. Griffin, it may be helpful to review the polio vaccination schedule for adults which can prevent permanent paralysis. Additionally, it would be helpful if Dr Griffith could review post polio syndrome (paralysis that returns after decades of recovery from polio infection). Many healthcare providers have not yet seen this clinical scenario. Thanks for all you do to bring science and sense to us all!

[@pc3077]

Thank you Vincent. Please flesh out the role to T Cells and NK cells since they were not mentioned. Also, why would a polio vaccine cause more shedding than an infection? That doesn’t sound like an immune response if there is massive shedding.

[@angelapowell2366]

Thanks Prof, this is so well done and explained, saved for a 2nd listen. Thank-you for taking the time.

[@dianabraley8307]

Why does it seem that we have dormant viruses coming back in full force - what is going on? It feels like COVID opened the flood gates to unknown and rare diseases - monkey pox, polio and some rare hepatitis.

[@tesssiegel5754]

Why the summer peak?

[@noodletropic]

I love the way you told the story of polio. Exceptional. Thank you.

[@Zihannya]

I was one of the first kids to be vaccinated back in the '50's with the Salk vaccine, the needle. It was a scary time before that, and most people knew someone who had a child who had gotten polio. My mother did not allow us to play in crowded parks or to go in community pools. My brother, who was younger, got the Sabin vaccine in the '60's. No one knew about the shedding, and I had not known about it until recently. Now, the anti-vaccine people have picked up on this and extrapolated it to include the MRNA vaccines. My own cousins will not let anyone in their home who has had the MRNA vaccine because they believe they will get sick from "shedding." Thank you for presenting this information so clearly.

[@annaverano5843]

So they basically have imprisoned themselves and afraid to live because of their no vaccine choices? I feel sorry for the kids

[@kat1202]

Obviously you haven’t read anything that states that shedding is real. Try researching what effects woman are having in their menstrual cycles being around those who have MRNA. And polio was already almost gone before the polio vaccine because they stopped DDT, indoor plumbing, washing hands, clean water. My gawd wake up

[@Zihannya]

@@kat1202 The menstrual cycles and other side effects are real. But they are not related to shedding. With an MRNA vaccine, there is no shedding.

[@kat1202]

@@Zihannya ok you live in your vaccine bubble and disregard those women who are effected by your choices. See how that’s works?! Just take every vaccine made for man and don’t question anything or anyone 🙄🤡🌎

[@juliat178]

@@annaverano5843 kinda like the pro-lockdowners, pro-maskers (ect) who are STILL walking around in fear and refusing non-vaccinated family members to visit them? Like those people?

[@ExileTheKnightsOfMaltaNow]

Polio outbreaks seem to historically correspond to DDT applications? If they don't know the source of the virus after all of this time? Maybe we need to look at environmental factors.. in retrospect after what we've seen with AIDS syndrome and this latest debacle maybe we need to go back over history with a fine-tooth comb? That's what critical thinkers do

[@jamieraynsford3077]

I do not understand why visitors from other countries into the Western world are not denied access if they are not vaccinated against everything. We As Americans have to be vaccinated living here as well as traveling abroad. denying access to our country from those who are not immunized against diseases such as polio could eradicate this once and for all.

[@jgurka2105]

Thanks for a clear, detailed, up-to-the-minute review and explanation of why we have what we have, and what we need to do about it.

[@edwardromana]

Thanks for your clear science history overview of the polio virus, It's amazing how much information can be contained in 20 minutes

[@3Dogs1CatandMore]

Thank you Pro Racaniello for the wonderful explanation. I have been very curious about this vaccine derived version of polio for quite sometime. This is very informative and at a reasonable level that even a layman like myself (I'm an engineer by trade/training) can easily understand! Thank you!

[@marklemont3735]

Thank you for this very specific, informative presentation. Seems like the 50% prevention threshold was satisfactory in the 1950s, for vaccination acceptance, too.

[@carolinejimenez7120]

The difference is in the disease…

[@carolinejimenez7120]

The difference is in the disease…

[@juliemiller9258]

Thank you for a very precise explanation with the history to explain clearly the knowledge behind the quick id of the case in NY. I too am a virology interested person. Always have been. Hopefully, with the internet, we can start to be better educated on topics that have touched all people of the world. I do remember my sugar cube. I also remember the news coverage of the funeral pyres in India just this last year. Knowledge is the key.

[@2listening1]

Thank you for all your work, Dr. Racaniello.

[@brynpookc1127]

I’m now 71 years old. My mother was born in 1924 and while in elementary school there was a huge breakout of polio in the US, including Missouri, where her family lived. Several of her friends died and a boy who lived near her survived but walked with a brace. They stayed in touch and the polio slowly eroded his ability to move. Johnny was the first person I knew of who get set up with a computer he could operate by moving his eyes. They exchanged emails until his death. Mom was deathly afraid my brother and I would get polio and whenever the vaccine was offered, she took us to get the shot. I remember when the shots turned into something we drank and later we’d get it in a sugar cube. Neither of us got polio thanks to her diligence.

[@FirBeatles]

I’m 78...and I well remember not being allowed to go in the neighbourhood park wading pool until after,I believe, it was July 1. Parents really did believe polio was caused by pool water. I think the correlation realwas summer weather and polio outbreaks...

[@FirBeatles]

( sorry it got away on me). I think the correlation was that polio outbreaks occurred in early summer..but had nothing to do with the filling of swimming and wading pools..or so I later learned in University.

[@monicawarren3678]

I read they had a very bad incident with a polio vaccine in Africa..

[@jackiecosta7620]

FYI 9:33 I beg to differ on this point of “Recover” as you say ? my entire family contracted polio during the 1955 epidemic in Boston, MA USA. My dad became paralyzed from the neck down along with my brother (age 4 at that time)… my sister (age 2 ) came down with severe Bulbar type polio and needed the iron lung at Boston Children s hospital (1955). My mother and I (age 5) during this 1955 epidemic waited for doctors to advise on their progress. We both had the 3 rd milder type of polio. I am now only survivor with Post Polio which hit me 50 years later (2005). So, I have not recovered.

[@robertbutsch1802]

Great video. Lots of interesting detail. Thanks. Have they abandoned testing the cerebrospinal fluid as part of the diagnostic process for paralytic polio and now rely only on fecal testing? One of the two things I most vividly recall from my case of paralytic polio at age four was the lumbar puncture. As you point out, the vast majority of infected individuals do not develop paralytic polio but almost all of them will shed virus in the feces.

[@learning2curve995]

both my brother and I had lumbar puncture to confirm as well. We were apparently vaxxed a day or so before admittance to hospital

[@db5837]

Any observed repercussions from the SV40 contamination of early batches of Sabine vaccine?

[@sandy-mr5gj]

I believe the sv40 repercussions are cancer

[@db5837]

@@sandy-mr5gj Yes it is used for induction of cancer in lab animal experiments

[@sandy-mr5gj]

@@db5837 DB, so we traded polio for cancer?

[@michaelthomaskelly6382]

T Y, Dr. R., most definitive review of polio for this retired RN. My mother was a Public Health RN who gave polio injects to school children. I recall her vaxx-ing our school, late fifties...maybe. Rotary Clubs are also working on eliminating polio worldwide. I enjoy your TWIV and watching D. Griffth, MD reports.

[@cliffgulliver4626]

Thanks for the video. Makes a complex topic comprehensible.

[@foodyhholic]

Even with the current pandemic, I have observed many women leaving the ladies room not washing hands or just running hands a few seconds I usually try to get paper towel to open the door knob and throw it if a van is near the door. Because the bathroom knobs are the dirtiest!

[@AuntLizzie]

Born in 1941 I was working when the vaccine first came to South Australia where I lived. I got one dose and they ran out. I never completed the full course and always worried about it. For years I would ask doctors if I could have the vaccination - Not necessary now, was the usual comment, UNTIL in 2001 I intended to travel to Cuba and a special 'travel doctor' who was giving me the usual hepatitis and other shots, finally said I absolutely must get vaccinated against polio because it still existed in third world countries. Relief!

[@philipperaimbault5895]

Very interresting, I heard that vaccine derived polio viruses have been found in sewage water in London in june or july. It is assumed it comes from countries where active (opv?) polio viruses are used for vaccination.

[@cpardov1]

Thank you Vincent!! This is a fantastic update and review of poliomyelitis. An obligatory view for all healthcare providers in the country and the world.

[@SionynJones]

Another great explanation and history polio virus. Brilliant Vincent.

[@Virusesluna]

Thank you Vincent. Much appreciated. Infections keeps us busy!

[@TheButterflyGirl7]

If you had IPV, and you encounter the OPV strain, are you protected against paralysis by your inactivated vaccine from years before? Thank you for continued wonderful information.

[@normdata7853]

Excellent presentation, as always, from Prof Racaniello. Just about to start reading Oshinsky's "Polio An American Story." Also, just buried my Dad who contracted polio after his time with the Navy in the early 50's, too early for either vaccine. Spent a third of his life in a wheelchair after using a crutch/cane to hobble around on. And because of never seeing my Dad run or climb a ladder, I make sure to get every vax out there that is appropriate for me.

[@hopesprings4967]

@@dappercanuck6895 Hey troll. Just reported you. You just joined KZbin month ago. Please stop defiling the name Canuck as well please. You ain’t no Canuck

[@merryl55]

H-m-m, my dad got polio from the polio vaccine.

[@irenedavo3768]

@@orcoastgreenman please watch Jim Nduruchi

[@steveburden6938]

@@merryl55 my wife got polio from the polio vaccine as a child ,, she now has Post Polio syndrome, uses a walker and wheelchair now. Lots of pain.

[@lisabaltzer4190]

@@steveburden6938 Was it from the Sabin (sugar cube) vaccine? I got very sick from that particular vaccine. I believe it was pulled from the market for that reason.

[@youngman8477]

Thanks Vincent, Very useful information. Hope you can do more.

[@ExileTheKnightsOfMaltaNow]

I've heard reports that NY C mayor did a public service announcement encouraging people to drink NYC top water because it's just so darn good and then within a day or so they announced that there was boil water orders secondary to E coli? SMH SOS in the alternate meaning

[@brainstormhomeschoolacadem1059]

I totally enjoyed watching this video! I don’t know how you showed up in my suggested but I am glad you did. New subscriber!

[@MarcMallary]

Vaccines gave many children polio in India.

[@yvonne.stewart2745]

So disgusting! I can't tell you how many times i wash my hands. Their in water just about all day. Thats the first thing i do as soon as i walk in my house i go straight to the sink and wash them.

[@funstuff6578]

That was so well done Vincent. Thanks very much for your efforts to educate the public.

[@liakayte7734]

come' on... and You believe this???

[@tammysavoie9771]

Are there more symptoms from the OPV as opposed to the IPV? My children are grown now but they had the OPV and had severe symptoms.

[@patriciagomes5628]

?? I am 80 years old. I received the oral vaccine. My husband would have been 83. He developed polio before the vaccine and was paralyzed mainly in the left leg. As post polio progressed I provided personal care. Could I have been infected without any symptoms ? Should those of us who got the Salk vaccine get IVP or are we considered immune ?? As a retired RN, I feel that I’m not the only one asking for more info. THOROUGHLY enjoyed your presentation !

[@elliecahill5946]

Thank you for this! When I saw the news, I was hoping you'd address it immediately. I'll share this everywhere. Question: I'm pretty sure I remember getting the sugar cube as a child (I'm 65). Should I get an IPV now?

[@donnazukadley7300]

@@philipmccain5480 I remember it on a sugar cube

[@josiecamilo7098]

A vaccine stays in your body for life. People get flu vaccines and sometimes get sick because it's a dose of a virus. Immunity is stored in bone marrow.

[@captainKbobkeeshan]

Yes. I think this is the most pressing question now. If you got IPV or OPV in the past, is a booster needed in some for or another?

[@elliecahill5946]

@@captainKbobkeeshan You'll want to check TWiV, but my takeaway is that if you got either, you're protected.

[@captainKbobkeeshan]

@@elliecahill5946 Thanks!

[@johnbkyak]

Thanks! Excellent overview & history Dr. Racaniello. But why aren't sterilizing vaccines being developed for polio or SARS or flu, etc.?

[@sadiea4381]

The covid, pneumonia and flu shot all have at least 1 of the same ingredient and according to the studies, all will cause sterilization.

[@lynnej.9357]

Excellent. I'm glad you love teaching. You're good at it!

[@georgewitmore1460]

Why do cases usually happen in the summer time?

[@roypahlck6800]

Thank you for such a clear explanation. This should be shouted from the roof tops. I cannot thank you enough for the service you and your fellow researcher and educators have done and are doing for mankind. The words thank you is not enough.

[@shandispace651]

I grew up with a boy that had gotten polio from the oral vaccine in the early 70's. He was severely affected. In a wheel chair and his body from the neck down had progressive lack of proper development. He had shortened arms but normally sized hands and then a mostly normal trunk and with toddler sized legs. He had difficulty with his arms and complete paralysis below the waist. When my child was born I was afraid for him to have anything but killed virus injection.

[@marigoldpluss]

How sad. 🐶

[@mrtoad8589]

This is the 5th reply I have read where people got polio from the vaccine. I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. Research Jim West and polio for the true cause.

[@Davemte34108]

Thank you very much, I remember polio going around as a child and having the vaccine.

[@cynthiacupler8005]

Thank -you for the great information,on polio,I learn so much,I have books on polio.

[@bonniek6039]

When you touch a faucet that 100's of people have touched after going to the bathroom you have the potential to spread MANY MANY more germs!! Of course some bathrooms have faucets that turn on when you just place your hands under the faucet now. These are the only ones I will use unless I can maneuver a paper towel or something onto the faucet I have to touch.

[@shandispace651]

I turn my hand in and use the back of my wrist in towel-less convenience rooms...I usually wait for someone else to pull the door but in a pinch I use the bottom inside of my shirt (as it wont touch my face later.)

[@damiangrouse4564]

Question comes to mind…would vaccinating with IPV waiting a time period (?) and then vaccinating with OPV give you a complete coverage or create other problems?

[@debsmith5520]

Thanks I found this really helpful. A quick question to make sure I'm clear on what you said about the two types of Polio (wildtype and the vaccine induced one) and vaccine effectiveness. With the latter which vaccine type is effective, the US/UK or the WHO ones? I wasn't clear when you mentioned in relation to the London sewage case.

[@debsmith5520]

@@tunneling-nanotubes thanks Andria. What I wasn't clear about was whether OPV virus had capacity to replicate without necessarily causing illness within IPV vaccinated populations, e.g. replicate in the guts of vaccinated folks, yet still pass on to others albeit without causing disease in the host? And, the extent to which individuals continue to spread 'seed'? It sounded like OPV in itself presents significant public health issues to communities where vaccine uptakes maybe low or impaired. An OPV vaccinated individual can arrive at anytime in an environment that is fertile and ready for Polio to to take hold. Related to the above is to what extent, and for how long does that risk last too?

[@shannoneckelbarger5566]

Can we say vaccine induced polio? Polio came after what vaccine in history?

[@dominiqueritchey6795]

Thank you for your video. If I may (just a wild hair), Do you think the solution at this point could be to identify the human mutations that are susceptible to paralysis and target a different solution to them, as a means to open different options of breaking the cycle? I know providing clean water and adequate nutrition around the world would also help this fight. I knew things were complicated. Thank you for explaining the breakdown of the current attempts.

[@woodslisa4529]

also...can land on toothbrushes if they are left in the open in bathroom

[@SuzNews]

Jane Goodall's books describe an outbreak of polio in a tribe of Chimpanzees she was studying in the jungle, so it's not just in humans. One chimp was so bad he was destined to starve to death, so her team made the decision to euthanize him.

[@ravensdotter6843]

I had the IPV.as an infant and then they made me take the OPV when I returned to college in the early 2000s. Can you discuss this? They told me it was necessary bc the IPV didn't work.

[@oddanneout]

Wonderfully informative. Watching was a pleasure. I’m subscribing! 🙏🏼

[@iamkerok]

Thanks for an excellent review and explanation. Will be passing on to interested parties!

[@douglassorge6235]

Watching this is time we’ll spent.

[@mylaughinghog]

@Vincent Thank you. I've been anticipating a video on polio from you for about 4 years.

[@heathers4449]

Thank you for this video. You are an amazing educator!

[@zenaavery9323]

Great presentation. Thank you. 🙂

[@SuperBenette]

I was vaccinated in 1958, I didnt want to go to school , it was done at school, someone told me I shouldnt be scared because they give you a sugar cube to suckle and swallow, of cause they gave us other vax too, I felt so "sold out " but my mom bought me some icecream, those were the days, be blessed.

[@yogayantra]

is there a connection between sanitation and the spread of the polio? The polio was eradicated at the same time as governments in Wester countries built sewage systems in the cities. As the same time, the polio vacc was produced. So which one worked? As poverty is striking Western countries, and the US are not spared either, it could explain why the polio is coming back again. What are your thoughts about that?

[@carolyngetchman4437]

people coming from all over through the southern border is dangerous for spreading disease from their home country to America

[@deisegirl4123]

Yes, it’s documented in Shattered Illusions by Suzanne Humphries. She did extensive research on how these childhood diseases were already on the decline by the time the v Programme commenced in the 1960s. Thanks to improvements in living conditions, improved sanitation, reduction in poverty, improved nutrition, more leisure etc

[@yogayantra]

@@deisegirl4123 I "know" Suzanne Humphries, on another topic. Very serious.

[@deisegirl4123]

@@yogayantra What topic do you know her on.? I’m curious as I ‘ve watched several interviews and have read several chapters of her book and I find her very credible She put her livelihood on the line for her convictions

[@Kpeters]

Thank you Vincent! You are a great scientist and communicator.

[@weegeetoast]

Thank you, Vincent! Do people vaccinated with OPV or IPV need to be worried about neurovirulence, from VDP infections? - Harry

[@monicawarren3678]

Why did they engineer a new polio vaccine if there was already a polio vaccine that worked?

[@dkiser252]

MONEY,is why they create most synthetic vaccines. Sadly I don't think they would actually do it for our health.It's all about the MONEY.Wake up beautiful people and God bless your lives always.

[@loreneboone]

Obviously, you did not learn much from the video.

[@dkiser252]

@@loreneboone The only reason polio has been eliminated is that they quit spraying pesticides to kill mosquitos etc. Wake up. I don't believe in science,I believe in God...

[@dfkuz]

I have a very relaxed attitude about washing my hands. Sometimes I don't take the time to do it. Maybe if we stopped obsessing about germs, our bodies would have more of an opportunity to build immunity to many of them. My mom told us many times that "you have to eat a pound of dirt before you die." I've always been extremely healthy and stayed that way even when working in a drop-in playroom coming into contact with thousands of different children and their parents. I did contract appendicitis a few years ago but I believe it was from taking some of the capsules in a bottle of Moringa supplements that came from India and then were left overnight in a hot metal mailbox here at my apt complex in the late summer of 2019. I speculate that those capsules were loaded with bacteria! I have such a strong constitution that even though I was in my late 60's when that happened, I went for three months with some pelvic pain that didn't stop me from fast dancing, swimming, biking, and hiking, and took a plane trip to Maryland - with lots of sightseeing with my Army son - from Wisconsin and back by myself before I had my appendix removed. I'll be 70 on NYE (I'll be dancing) and there's no way I feel it necessary to take any kind of vaccine for anything, let alone influenza or a coronavirus, which are so rife with mutation that it's a lost cause before you even begin.

[@cynthiacupler8005]

Pro.Vincent,do you have any books on polio?

[@chemistryinstruments7156]

Thanks for doing this explanation so clearly explained.

[@desereekerwin1777]

My question is that if I had an inoculation against polio as a child (born in 1964) should I be concerned about taking this next IOV?

[@luisfernando-mm3jt]

You do a great job ...Been following you since 2017 keep up the good work

[@wordscaninspire114]

Most informative, thank you

[@krikeles]

This is excellent. My mother took polio very personally. She was born in 1916. Her older brother was paralyzed during the 1916 epidemic. She had no lasting effects, probably protected by maternal antibodies. I got the IPV as soon as it was available. Still she took no chances; during the summer months it was mandatory to have an afternoon nap to avoid polio. I don't recall getting the OPV. But I'm guessing that in the 1950's and 1960's my gut would have been exposed to the real circulating virus. So I guess I'm covered.

[@krikeles]

@@ladybug5859 the best place to get these questions answered is on Q&A with A&V on Wednesday night. Live stream with Drs. Racaniello and Rosenfeld, two actual virologists.

[@patriciagiles5833]

If I got a dose of OPV as a child in the early 60's is my gut biome "colonized" (correct terminology?) with live poliovirus that reverted in the intestines?