Health officials are taking extra precautions after polio was found in New York City wastewater.
When heard about wastewater samples in New York that discovered polio in that water and heard about a confirmed case of a young adult he was alarmed "because it could spread."
Parhami uses a wheelchair because polio paralyzed his legs as a child. Now at 69, he says he got polio when there was fear about a bad batch of vaccine in Iran that was giving kids polio. LA County Public Health says as of this last week, this county had not been testing for polio in wastewater but Ferrer has been in meetings trying to determine what needs to be done and promised more information next week."About 75% of people have no idea they've been infected. About 25% will flu-like symptoms just like any other viral infection and about 1% will experience some paralysis," he said.
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