Polio Explained - Vaccination, Symptoms and Transmission

Dr. Dean Blumberg, chief or pediatric infectious diseases at UC Davis Children's Hospital, explains what you should know about polio, including what the symptoms are, how it spreads, why the vaccines are safe and why there has been a resurgence in the U.S.

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0:00 What is polio?
0:15 What are symptoms of polio?
0:45 How does polio cause paralysis?
1:08 How is polio transmitted?
2:01 Is the polio vaccine safe for children?
2:27 Why has there been a resurgence of polio?

The information in this video was accurate as of the upload date, 8/5/22. For information purposes only. Consult your local medical authority for advice.

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[Marsharobineon]

Thank you so much for providing these much needed medical details... 💞 LOVE UCD

[NikoaidanielovichNazarenko]

Very educative and right to business not hitting around the bush like many such post, I receive exact info i was looking for in a very brief narrative, Thanks a lot,

[salvadorrojas]

Hi I had polio when I was 4 months and I am 67 now living in San Francisco, CA. The one that I didn't understand, why in 1955, I was contracted, and I am the youngest of 3 siblings, and they are fine. Also we lived in an island in the Philippines, that my family never go to the big island. There were only 3 cases I know in the island, and each one of us are far from each other.

[adambixler]

Are the statistics of how the virus affects people based on vaccinated populations or unvaccinated? For example roughly 80% asymptomatic 19% flu like and 1 % severe.

[gabrielwood]

I have Polio and you do not know what the hell you are talking about

[kevinhoward]

:13 tell that to the thousands of kids that lost the ability to walk for the rest of their lives. That guy has no clue what he is talking about. I have seen videos of Polio in the 50s scaring people half to death because they hoped their kids didn't get it.