>>514838270 (OP)
>muh polio
Woooah! So scary! A movie character got that once!
Letโs look at some actual stats:
>72% of all polio infections in children are asymptomatic.
Likely even more, since people who are healthy donโt go to the doctor
>Approximately 24% of polio infections in children consist of a minor, nonspecific illness without clinical or laboratory evidence of central nervous system invasion.
In other words, we called some random weak shit polio to bump the numbers.
If you are keeping track:
>96% of polio cases are more benign than a cold
>Nonparalytic aseptic meningitis (symptoms of stiffness of the neck, back, and/or legs), usually following several days after a prodrome similar to that of minor illness, occurs in 1%โ5% of polio infections in children. Increased or abnormal sensations can also occur. Typically these symptoms will last from 2 to 10 days, followed by complete recovery.
>97+% (almost 100% in some studies) of polio cases lead to a complete recovery.
>Fewer than 1% of all polio infections in children result in flaccid paralysis. Paralytic symptoms generally begin 1 to 18 days after prodromal symptoms and progress for 2 to 3 days. Generally, no further paralysis occurs after the temperature returns to normal.
(Cont)
So now we are going to look at that <1% of polio cases:
>of that <<1%, 79% are paralytic polio, which generally has a full revocery when the infected is a child. They are significantly more likely to have lasting damage if they are adults (duration of vaccine immunity is unknown)
>bulbar polio accounts for 2% of cases, seems benign, not to many notes
>combination of the two occurs 19% of the time
>of these cases, 25% may be fatal for children.
That means contracting polio as a child will have lasting damage in less than .04% of identified (plus non-specific) casesโ in 1960
Thatโs your big scary disease, faggot.
Source, btw:
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/polio.html