The news is reporting that a new case of polio has been discovered in Jerusalem. The polio was contracted in a 4 year old child from the sewage system. The Ministry of Health has epidemiologists investigating to see who else might have come into contact with this child.
According to the report, the child had not been vaccinated against polio.
Hopefully the case wont be too serious. There is no treatment for polio, only management. Do we even have any iron lungs left in storage, should it God forbid come to that?
It is only 1 case, but that is how it starts. And 1 case is a lot after years of no cases.
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