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India-Pakistan
Poliovirus that originated in Afghanistan detected in Rawalpindi
2018-09-24
[DAWN] Poliovirus that originated in the Northern Corridor in Afghanistan ‐ Kandahar and Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
‐ has been detected in various Pak cities including Rawalpindi.

Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication National Coordinator Rana Mohammad Safdar said the virus has been detected in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
and other cities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa as well.

"This shows that there is a threat because of the virus, which is travelling with people from Afghanistan to Pakistain, so we need to ensure our children’s immunity level is high to keep them safe from the virus," he added.

A total of 14 cases have been reported near the border in Afghanistan, as 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...
vaccination campaigns cannot be held in some provinces for security reasons.

The area where the poliovirus originated can be detected through DNA testing. In 2013, the Syrian government had alleged that poliovirus that originated in the then Federally Administered Tribal Areas had travelled to Syria because of Paks who were fighting alongside rebels.

Posted by:Fred

#3  Rather STDs Frank.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-09-24 22:20  

#2  ISI-backed Talibs bringing home more than fond memories of killing Afghan civilians?
Posted by: Frank G   2018-09-24 14:14  

#1  Polio brief from Mayo Clinic
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