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2005-07-06 Southeast Asia

Indonesian polio cases reach 111 as outbreak spreads

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Posted by Steve White 2005-07-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "The waterborne disease remains endemic in only six countries -- Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Niger, Nigeria and Pakistan -- with vaccinations driving down the number of cases from 350,000 in 1988 to a few thousand in recent years.

But a handful of African and Middle Eastern nations have reported being reinfected following a brief boycott on polio vaccines in Nigeria. It was prompted by radical Muslim clerics who claimed the vaccine had been contaminated by US agents."

Last two paragraphs. I'm not surprised that polio is making a comeback because of ignorant clerics or that these facts are relegated to the end of the article.

I wonder if the carriers of this disease are Jihads traveling between these countries.

Posted by canaveraldan 2005-07-06 06:48|| 2005-07-06 06:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Polio is believed to have returned to Indonesia via Saudi Arabia, either through migrant workers or Islamic pilgrims returning from Mecca, who may have passed on a strain of the virus originating in Nigeria.

A special mark of Allah's blessing

Posted by gromgorru 2005-07-06 08:36|| 2005-07-06 08:36|| Front Page Top

#3 "..It was prompted by radical Muslim clerics who claimed the vaccine had been contaminated by US agents."

That's not what I read. Many articles I read said that Islamic clerics claimed that the vaccine was really a U.S. plot to sterilize its recipients (read: MUSLIMS). This bullshit about clerics objecting due to the vaccine being "contaminated" is a lie.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-07-06 11:19|| 2005-07-06 11:19|| Front Page Top

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