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| India-Pakistan |
| Polio virus found in Lahore, Karachi sewage samples |
| 2014-05-14 |
| [DAWN] Samples taken from sewage in different parts of Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... and Lahore -- the country's most populated cities -- have tested positive for the polio ...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... virus, officials confirmed on Tuesday. The Prime Minister's focal person on polio, Ayesha Raza Farooq, confirmed that an environmental sample from Lahore taken at the Main Outfall pumping station, and two from Karachi -- one taken at Gadap and the other at Gulshan-e-Iqbal -- have tested positive for the virus. The samples collected were taken in April. Earlier on Tuesday, Farooq chaired a meeting of the Prime Minister's Polio Monitoring and Coordination Cell where the information was shared with stakeholders -- including the World Health Organisation -- in the country's fight against polio. However, denial ain't just a river in Egypt... Farooq says she was not "too concerned about (the environmental sample testing positive in) Lahore because there are no reported cases which means a high level of immunity has developed among the population so while the virus is still be circulating it is a low grade one." |
| Posted by:Fred |