...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set...
cases have been detected among children of the internally displaced families of Mehsud tribe in the North
Wazoo Agency.A local health official told Dawn on Friday that all the children, who had tested positive for the crippling disease, were two years of age.
He identified the new cases as Naila, daughter of Dair Khan, resident of Chashma; Irshad, son of Wali Khan, and Yousaf, son of Taza Khan, both residents of Khesore village of Mir Ali tehsil.
Dr Jahandad, a WHO representative, confirmed the three cases and said anti-polio drops were not administered to the children on the parents' refusal. He said the children were suspected of being affected by polio during the recently-concluded immunisation campaign, adding that their stool and blood samples were sent to National Institute of Health, Islamabad for laboratory examination.
He said the tests had confirmed that the three children suffered from polio.
Dr Jahandad also questioned the quality of vaccine, saying it was substandard and unfit for administration.
The new cases have increased the number of polio cases detected in North Waziristan in 2011 to eight.