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Support the Global Eradication of Polio

Sponsored by: Care2.com

There is no cure for polio. Yet this highly infectious and debilitating disease – which mainly affects young children and can cause lifelong paralysis – can be prevented with a vaccine that costs only $0.60.

In the 1980s, polio paralyzed at least 1,000 children every day all over the world. But today, after international efforts to immunize every child everywhere, 5 million people are walking who would otherwise be paralyzed and the world is almost polio-free.

Several regions of the world have been certified polio-free, yet polio remains endemic in Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan. And as long as a single child remains infected, children in all countries are at risk of contracting polio.

Polio was one of the most dreaded childhood diseases of the 20th century. Please show your support for global eradication of polio, so no child will know the crippling effects of this disease ever again.

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We signed “Support the Global Eradication of Polio”!

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4:45 am PST, Feb 6, Ingrid Peeters, Spain

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4:00 pm PST, Feb 3, Alisha Nickols, California

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12:13 am PST, Feb 1, Anneke Hut, Netherlands

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3:43 pm PST, Jan 31, Kevin Silvey, Florida

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1:44 pm PST, Jan 31, Name not displayed, Illinois

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12:12 pm PST, Jan 31, Caitlin Schmedlin, Connecticut

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9:55 am PST, Jan 31, Melissa Buchanan, California

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2:47 am PST, Jan 31, Ingrid Andersson, Sweden

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11:12 pm PST, Jan 30, Darlene Davis, Michigan

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10:43 pm PST, Jan 30, Pam Montgomery, Georgia

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9:05 am PST, Jan 25, MARIA Welfare, United Kingdom
Because my aunt has suffered since she was a child and is now in a wheelchair

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4:11 pm PST, Jan 17, Michael Westrich, Oregon

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9:12 am PST, Jan 16, Jason J Green, Virginia

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8:30 am PST, Jan 16, Marissa Abramovic, Pennsylvania

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11:12 pm PST, Jan 15, Richard Hollister, Arizona

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8:07 pm PST, Jan 15, Joan E Loza Mobry, Wisconsin

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8:04 pm PST, Jan 15, Ann Cawley, Missouri

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12:38 pm PST, Jan 14, Maria Fongaro, Italy

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3:43 am PST, Jan 13, Kate Nowicka, Poland

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2:09 am PST, Jan 8, Rasikh Bhutto, Pakistan

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8:12 am PST, Dec 28, Stella Nobrega, United Kingdom

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4:24 pm PST, Dec 16, Tashia Mccarty, Maryland

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6:43 pm PST, Dec 15, Ammaar Al-Jallad, Jordan

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2:06 pm PST, Dec 14, Gail Costic, Pennsylvania

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10:02 am PST, Dec 14, Paul Levy, United Kingdom
I can't believe there's anyone who doesn't agree with this.

# 17,475:

6:04 pm PST, Dec 12, Cathie Gordon, Australia

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3:47 am PST, Dec 10, Name not displayed, Japan

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1:12 am PST, Dec 6, Jacob Green, Arkansas
Poliomyelitis, more commonly know as polio, is an infectious disease caused by an enterovirus of the same name. Polio, like most enteroviruses, is transmitted by the fecal-oral route, especially from ingestion of contaminated water. Most cases (about 95%) of polio are asymptomatic, or cause minor respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms. About 1 of every 1000 cases leads to paralytic polio. Previously widespread in the US, polio is now all but eradicated here. Until vaccines were developed in the 1950's, parents spent their summers in fear that their children would be struck down. Two basic types of vaccine were developed: Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV). This vaccine makes use of a live-attenuated form of the virus. It is administered orally, infects the host, and is spread in the same way as polio. It does not cause paralytic polio. One advantage of this vaccine is that it can "passively" vaccinate those who do not get vaccinated normally. Unfortunately, immunocompromised people can become quite ill from exposure, so this vaccine is largely being replaced in the US. Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV). This is an injected vaccine that is now widely used in the US.

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1:02 pm PST, Nov 27, Sympa Re, India

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2:59 am PST, Nov 27, Margaret Sweeny, United Kingdom

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5:16 pm PST, Nov 18, JOANNE ROACH, United Kingdom

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9:26 pm PST, Nov 17, Sara Neveu, New Hampshire

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5:10 am PST, Nov 9, Nikos Vrellos, United Kingdom
Wll give the opportunity to kids of the thirld world countries for a better future. We have to help them. We own them.

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10:57 am PST, Nov 5, Nadia Davidovich, Argentina
FOR A BETTER WORLD!!! ------ If you care about human rights and contamination, please sign my PETITION: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/clean-the-streams --------- THANK YOU!!!!!!

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12:01 am PST, Nov 3, Mohsin Abbas Pink Panther, Pakistan
Because my Meo Is Dr. and she think so.

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5:59 pm PDT, Oct 30, Anita Anthony, Indiana
So these children don't suffer.

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4:43 am PDT, Oct 27, Joanne Navarro, New Jersey

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1:31 pm PDT, Oct 25, Waqas Ahmad, Pakistan

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1:04 am PDT, Oct 18, Can Atik, Turkey

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10:31 am PDT, Oct 16, Hara Zikou, Greece

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9:54 am PDT, Oct 15, Roja Kirkeby, Sweden
I have studied to become a biomedical technician and want a world where unneccesary diseases are irradicated. It's awful and disgraceful to hear that this virus (which I am vaccinated against) is spreading in these four countries and maybe to other countries as well!

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10:08 am PDT, Oct 12, Fábio Martins, Brazil

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1:23 pm PDT, Oct 11, Christina Anderson, Canada

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3:02 am PDT, Oct 5, Gianna Beneduce, Italy

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9:03 pm PDT, Sep 29, Jennifer Sellers, California

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11:06 pm PDT, Sep 22, Name not displayed, Canada
A world free of polio is important to me because, at this time in history, there is no reason for anyone to suffer maiming or death from this terrible disease. For just a few pennies, people in countries where polio still exists, (Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan) can become protected if immediate steps are taken. Please take these steps now. Thank you.

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10:59 am PDT, Sep 18, Name not displayed, Greece
because some people dont have money at all..we need equal rights for all the children in the world,even they dont have money..

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6:57 am PDT, Sep 16, Shehni Awan, Pakistan

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3:47 pm PDT, Sep 14, Name not displayed, Portugal

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7:09 am PDT, Sep 14, Ria Eckelmans, Belgium
Nobody should ever have to suffer whilst others can help!

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