So, today I stumbled across this article:

"CDC discussing using oral polio vaccine to combat New York outbreak: report"

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is discussing the use of an oral polio vaccine for the first time in decades in light of concerns of an outbreak in the New York City metropolitan area, CNBC reported Friday.

Officials first detected a case of polio in Rockland County, N.Y., in July. The 20-year-old man developed symptoms of polio, including paralysis, and was unvaccinated.

A CDC official said in August the case could indicate that “several hundred cases” exist in that community.

New York State Health Department officials also said in August that the CDC had detected poliovirus in wastewater surveillance. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) declared an emergency in the state last month after the health department found poliovirus in stool samples in five counties.

Most people who are infected with the virus do not show symptoms [🙄], but they could put those who are unvaccinated or immunocompromised at risk.

CNBC reported that scientists believe the outbreak stemmed from someone who was vaccinated with a live virus abroad, and the virus eventually got to the United States.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3698921-cdc-discussing-using-oral-polio-vaccine-to-combat-new-york-outbreak-report/

I did a little digging and found this article:

"Joe Randig: Vaccination the key to preventing more polio outbreaks"

As long as polio exists anywhere, it is a threat everywhere, as evidenced by the recent paralysis of a young man and the detection of the poliovirus in the sewage in five counties in New York.

Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative have made great strides over the past 30-plus years to reduce polio cases by 99.9%. As we mark World Polio Day today, what’s happened to our neighbors in New York serves as a stark reminder that we still have work to do to increase the number of children who are vaccinated for this terrible disease.

Here in the United States, we often hear that vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio are no longer a threat. As a polio survivor and a friend of Rotarians in our area, I encourage everyone to support immunization as the only protection against many childhood diseases that we thought were no longer a threat.

https://triblive.com/opinion/joe-randig-vaccination-the-key-to-preventing-more-polio-outbreaks/

So, who belongs to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative? Well, that's simple -- the usual suspects:

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments with six core partners - the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

https://polioeradication.org/

Surprise, surprise.

Cue u/TrustTheTruth ...