Archive for October, 2019
Fire Weather Outlook for California
Friday, October 25th, 2019
| Critical | 11,809 | 4,772,813 | Santa Ana, CA…Anaheim, CA…Riverside, CA…San Bernardino, CA…Oxnard, CA… |
| Extreme | 1,998 | 2,776,315 | Ontario, CA…Fontana, CA…Santa Clarita, CA…Rancho Cucamonga, CA…Pomona, CA… |
Rapidly spreading wildfires have forced evacuations in Northern and Southern California.
Friday, October 25th, 2019“……
- New wildfires were sparked Thursday afternoon in Southern California, prompting evacuations.
- Meanwhile, the Kincade Fire spread rapidly in Northern California.
- Residents of Geyserville were ordered to evacuate as the fire jumped a highway.
- PG&E said high-voltage lines near the fire still had power when it started……..”
CDC: Since 1988 polio vaccine has prevented more than 17 million cases of paralysis
Thursday, October 24th, 20191988 | 350,000
1989 | 261,000
1990 | 233,000
1991 | 134,000
1992 | 137,000
1993 | 76,000 
1994 | 73,000
1995 | 60,000
1996 | 33,000
1997 | 18,000
1998 | 10,000
1999 | 10,000
2000 | 4,000
2001 | 548
2002 | 1,922
2003 | 784
2004 | 1,258
2005 | 2,033
2006 | 2,022
2007 | 1,387
2008 | 1,732 
2009 | 1,782
2010 | 1,409
2011 | 650
2012 | 223
2013 | 416
2014 | 359
2015 | 74
2016 | 37
2017 | 22
2018 | 33
World Polio Day is October 24
Thursday, October 24th, 2019In 2019, we will celebrate a couple of incredible milestones: the 25th anniversary of the polio-free status of the Region of the Americas and the Global Certification Commission’s certification of the eradication of type 3 wild poliovirus (WPV3). The announcement of the eradication of WPV3 will signify an important step toward a polio-free world with only one type of wild poliovirus (WPV type 1) still in circulation in just two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Despite this tremendous progress, the final mile to eradication is an uphill road and will not be easy. The global polio program is facing multiple, ongoing, serious challenges with the increase in the number of wild poliovirus cases and the continued spread of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) outbreaks in countries around the world. In 2018, we saw an increase in wild polio cases with 33 reported cases in two countries – Afghanistan and Pakistan. As of October 24, 2019, a total of 95 cases of wild polio have been reported. The two-remaining polio-endemic countries must reach all children with polio vaccine to achieve zero wild poliovirus cases, and ultimately for the world to achieve polio eradication. This will require increased commitments from governments, local communities, donor partners and multilateral organizations. Furthermore, to address the ongoing circulating vaccine-derived polio viruses, all countries must work to strengthen their immunization programs to close any gaps and ensure that all children are protected against polio – the world depends on it!
CDC, along with our Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners, is working closely with leadership and partners in the two endemic countries and countries experiencing cVDPV outbreaks to urgently implement new and proven strategies for strengthening immunization and surveillance. We will overcome the final hurdles to eradication. The global polio program is working relentlessly together so that we can deliver a world where no child lives in fear of paralysis from poliovirus.
This year we highlight an overarching theme, Stories of Progress: Past and present for World Polio Day. This theme was selected to acknowledge the progress made to date in eradication efforts, the polio program’s ability to make the necessary strategic changes needed to continue along the path to eradication, and to recognize the efforts of the people, from front line to global, who have made this program possible.
Mutant polio vaccine viruses: ‘….. cVDPV — which stands for “circulating vaccine-derived polio virus”…..’
Thursday, October 24th, 2019“…….But two major obstacles emerged.
First, millions of families around the world have not let their children have the drops because of persistent false rumors that the vaccine is a Western plot to sterilize Muslim girls or do other harm.
Second, in some countries viruses used in the oral vaccine itself have mutated into a form that can be passed on in diapers and sewage, and can paralyze unvaccinated children. That has contributed to fear of the oral vaccine, even though full vaccination is the only protection against such mutant viruses.
Just in the last two months, cases of paralysis caused by mutant vaccine viruses have been reported in the Philippines, Zambia, Togo and Chad. Because paralysis occurs in only about one in every 200 cases of polio, experts assume many more children have been infected………”
