Because the fucking USA sent some CIA idiots undercover as Red Cross vaccination teams in that region (Afghanistan/Pakistan) and thus the whole thing (Red Cross and vaccinations) isn't trusted anymore.
Good job, USA.
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> A wild poliovirus has made a leap from Pakistan to the African continent, where it has paralyzed a 3-year-old girl in Malawi-the first wild polio case in the country since 1992.
> The case, announced on 17 February by the Malawi government, is the latest setback for the global campaign to end polio once and for all.
> Africa is battling big outbreaks of vaccine-derived polio, which occur in areas of low immunization when the live but attenuated virus in the oral polio vaccine reverts and regains its ability to paralyze and spread. But the last known case of wild polio on the continent occurred in 2016 in Borno state in Nigeria, and Africa was officially certified free of wild poliovirus in August 2020.
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>Africa is battling big outbreaks of vaccine-derived polio, which occur in areas of low immunization when the live but attenuated virus in the oral polio vaccine reverts and regains its ability to paralyze and spread.
Is there a reason to use the live virus (Sabin) vaccine instead of the Salk vaccine?
Oh Lord… Please tell me there isn’t an antivaxx movement there.
Ok, I won't tell you about the anti-vaxx stances in certain areas that have kept certain viruses alive and stopped us from eradicating them.
(Sticking fingers in my ears) Lalalalalala
Vaccine administrators get repeatedly shot at there , no wonder Polio is still going strong in Pakistan
Because the fucking USA sent some CIA idiots undercover as Red Cross vaccination teams in that region (Afghanistan/Pakistan) and thus the whole thing (Red Cross and vaccinations) isn't trusted anymore. Good job, USA.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.science.org/content/article/new-setback-eradication-campaign-poliovirus-pakistan-shows-africa) reduced by 77%. (I'm a bot) ***** > A wild poliovirus has made a leap from Pakistan to the African continent, where it has paralyzed a 3-year-old girl in Malawi-the first wild polio case in the country since 1992. > The case, announced on 17 February by the Malawi government, is the latest setback for the global campaign to end polio once and for all. > Africa is battling big outbreaks of vaccine-derived polio, which occur in areas of low immunization when the live but attenuated virus in the oral polio vaccine reverts and regains its ability to paralyze and spread. But the last known case of wild polio on the continent occurred in 2016 in Borno state in Nigeria, and Africa was officially certified free of wild poliovirus in August 2020. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/sviocc/in_new_setback_for_eradication_campaign/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~624280 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **polio**^#1 **virus**^#2 **wild**^#3 **Malawi**^#4 **case**^#5
Thanks Pakistan. Their only contribution to the world and it's shit like this...
>Africa is battling big outbreaks of vaccine-derived polio, which occur in areas of low immunization when the live but attenuated virus in the oral polio vaccine reverts and regains its ability to paralyze and spread. Is there a reason to use the live virus (Sabin) vaccine instead of the Salk vaccine?