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The Highwire with Del Bigtree

VACCINE-DERIVED POLIO ON THE RISE

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

News, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.93.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

A recent uptick in vaccine-derived polio in Africa, and parts of Asia, is being reported due to lack of efficacy in the widely used oral vaccine, triggering pandemic fears.

#VaccineDerivedPolio #OPV

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0:00.0

I saw a headline today to me that just about encapsulates all that is wrong on the planet today.

0:08.1

I know we could talk about all these other issues, but look at this.

0:10.8

This is the NPR.

0:12.7

Vaccine derived polio is on the rise.

0:15.0

Let me read that sentence again.

0:17.4

Vaccine derived polio is on the rise.

0:21.7

A new vaccine aims to stop the spread.

0:27.0

Now just that headline alone is about all you need.

0:30.7

I don't really need to get into details.

0:32.5

Try to wrap your head around what you just read.

0:34.5

How many headlines like that do we all just sort of walk by?

0:37.7

Oh yeah, whatever, getting out of my life.

0:40.4

When the entire conversation of vaccination always comes down to, well what about polio?

0:47.4

I mean we eradicated polio with vaccines.

0:49.9

That's what conversation comes up every time you have it.

0:53.2

Well, and I've been saying right here on the high wire for some time now, the polio story

0:58.3

is not over.

0:59.7

If you've been watching the high wire for more than three years, I have told you that we

1:03.8

have a polio epidemic in the world that's being caused by the vaccine.

1:09.3

Now there are people that would say that was misinformation or disinformation or malinformation

1:13.9

or whatever you want to call it, but it happens to be the fact that it's such a problem now

1:18.5

that even NPR is having to admit.

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