Well, howdy there, internet people, it's fell again.

So today, we're going to talk about polio making a comeback,

Trump, measles, rates and risks.

We got a question about polio, and the answer has both good news and bad news. But there's a silver lining to the

bad news. Okay, so here's the question. Bell, I've been watching measles spread all over in my state,

and I've been listening to you and Dana mentioned that it's vaccine preventable, pretty much every time you have a chance.

I don't want to downplay measles, but I'm really worried about polio making a comeback.

I know measles is spreading because Trump let liars run amok during COVID and played into vaccine

conspiracies and that more people didn't get

their kids vaccinated since then. Do these people know how much worse polio is and get their

kids vaccinated for that at least? It's also just a plane right away. Allow me to start by saying, I'm vaccinated for pretty much everything known to man, and I'm a huge supporter of vaccines.

Go get your shots.

Now to the message.

Yes, vaccination rates did start a downward trend during Trump's first term,

and they haven't recovered yet. But I will say, based on how the data is collected,

even though it showed up during COVID, the decline actually started a few years before.

The data is generally collected from kindergarten vaccination rates.

So, the decision to not vaccinate was made a few years before it shows up.

Trump didn't create this problem.

For once.

He just made it worse by playing into it. The bad news is no. People do not seem to

have done any kind of risk analysis based on the types of disease. The vaccination rates are

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