4 New Cases of Polio Detected (75% of which was in children who received the vaccine)
**Interesting that this story strikes fear into everyone reporting how many new cases of Polio are occurring and they are focusing on these 4 children in particular. If you read the entire news report, you will notice that 3 of the 4 kids were vaccinated against Polio upwards of 7 times. 7 times these poor kids were vaccinated for Polio and still got Polio, with one of them having the onset of Paralysis!!! If you also notice the fine print in the article, it says this particular town had not had a reported case of Polio in 10 years, now with the drive to vaccinate, they magically get Polio cases. Remember, Oral Polio vaccine virus is shed by the vaccinated for weeks after the immunization. These kids and the dozens of other cases are obviously victims of vaccine polio virus and not the wild type. This is becoming common as the drive to vaccinate against polio continues to be the only incidence of the disease. Its a shame that the other poor unvaccinated girl had to get Polio because everyone around her is being injected with it.**
KARACHI: Health authorities on Saturday said four new cases of polio had been detected in the country, two in Sindh and one each in Punjab and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).
The latest victims of the dreaded disease — a boy and three girls of between 12 and 42 months — took this year’s tally of polio cases to 78.
Five of the cases have been reported from Punjab, eight from Sindh, 17 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, seven from Balochistan and 41 from Fata.
The national manager of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation, Dr Altaf A. Bosan, said the new cases were confirmed by the National Institute of Health, Islamabad, on Friday.
He added that new cases were largely being reported from districts that had compromised on the quality of immunisation work. The floods and the subsequent movement of people could also be cited as major reasons for the increase in the number of polio cases.
Officials told Dawn that the new cases were detected in Ghotki and Sukkur districts in Sindh, Mianwali district in Punjab, and Mohmand Agency in Fata.
They said Mianwali last reported a polio case 10 years ago and Sukkur four years back. However, Ghotki has had eight cases this year and Mohmand four cases.
According to them, the number of districts where polio cases have been detected this year has risen to 27.
The sources said that Zar Mohammad, a 36-month-old boy living in the Afghan Camp in Essakhel tehsil of Punjab, had the onset of paralysis on Sept 21. According to his father, the boy was administered anti-polio drops seven times.
Asma, a 42-month-old girl of Khangarh tehsil in Ghotki district, had the onset of the disease on Sept 20. She was also immunised against polio seven times.
A 36-month-old resident of Rohri tehsil of Sukkur district, Azizan, was reported to be suffering from the disease on Sept 26. She was also administered anti-polio drops several times.
Nazia, a 12-month-old girl belonging to Safi area of Mohmand Agency, had the onset of the disease on Aug 25. The child did not receive a single dose of polio vaccine, said the sources.
Link to Polio Story