The history of polio shows us the disease is well-equipped to distress Gaza past the point of return.
A medical team from the Palestinian Red Crescent administers polio vaccines to children at Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis on Aug. 22, 2024.olio has resurfaced in Gaza for the first time in 25 years, thriving in the same conditions in which people are dying.
Ancient Egyptian art suggests that polio has existed for thousands of years. In 1840, a German scientist theorized the disease could be. But it took more than 100 years after that for a vaccine to be introduced. After President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who waswith polio at 39 and was left partially paralyzed, announced the creation of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in 1938—named after what polio was known as at the time—comedian Eddie Cantor, “...
The virus’s presentation is also a risk in and of itself, as it can mask the disease under common symptoms. “ typically include symptoms of a stomach flu—like nausea, vomiting and diarrhea,” says Dr. Michael K. Wroten, who runs a clinic for polio survivors at Medstar National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C. Children in Gaza were already experiencing the spread of other infectious diseases.
The re-emergence of the polio virus in the Gaza Strip has sparked urgent concerns among health officials and aid organizations, with fears that tens of thousands of children could be at risk due to a crippled healthcare system and ongoing hostilities.But while the U.N. has requested a “Polio Pause” in fighting in order to conduct its campaign, several people familiar with the situation argue that combating the virus in Gaza requires a true ceasefire.
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