Gaza ministry warns thousands of people displaced by the Israel-Gaza war are at risk of contracting the disease which can cause deformities and paralysis
  • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
    21·
    2 months ago

    Israel’s health ministry said the samples “raise concerns about the presence of the virus in this region”. It added that Israeli health authorities were “monitoring and evaluating necessary steps to prevent the risk of disease in Israel”.

    additional quotes might improve the sentiment of that paragraph, but I don’t think they were forthcoming from the Israeli health ministry.

  • IndustryStandard@lemmy.worldEnglish
    163·
    2 months ago

    Israel is giving their soldiers polio shots instead of letting clean water into Gaza. “Problem solved”.

    • Drusas@kbin.run
      55·
      2 months ago

      If polio is a problem, the problem is that people aren’t vaccinated. So yeah, that’s what they should be doing. They should also be vaccinating the Palestinians.

      Also, pretty much every army vaccinates its soldiers. As well they should. I don’t know why you would be advocating for them to be unvaccinated, thus enabling them to spread disease.

      • Keeponstalin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        54·
        2 months ago

        He’s highlighting the hypocrisy. Israel is directly responsible for the prevalence of this disease during this genocide.

  • JacksonLamb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    Polio used to kill or paralyse about a million people a year. It is highly infectious and once you get it, it has no cure.

    The world had almost suceeded in eradicating polio. It is easily preventable with vaccination. The fact that it is likely to be allowed to roam through the population of Gaza is disgusting.