“However, these cases do serve to underscore the importance of making sure your immunizations are up to date for polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases,”
Harry Hull
“The new approach is a more rapid approach because polio is considered a public health emergency of international importance. In an interconnected world, these viruses travel easily and don't respect international borders.”
David Heymann
“In celebrating the 50th anniversary of Canada's program of universal polio vaccination, we are indeed recognizing an important milestone in Canadian history, ... Although many of our memories associated with polio are somber, this stamp is a celebration of the fact that polio is indeed just a memory in Canada .”
John McCallum
“The polio virus that hit Indonesia has been proven to have a high rate of attack,”
Siti Fadillah Supari
“Polio is not only an issue in Indonesia ... but it's an international issue. That virus, just as it came here from the African continent, could now go from here to a neighboring country and become implanted in that country if protection rates for polio were low.”
“We're not talking about polio. We're not talking about smallpox. Those diseases were hard to eradicate. We're talking about nutritional diseases. This should be a no-brainer. Provide access to better food, and the disease will go away.”
Christopher Wanjek
“We're not talking about polio or smallpox. Those diseases were hard to eradicate. We're talking about nutritional diseases. This should be a no-brainer. Provide access to better food and the disease will go away.”
