New York state health officials yesterday declared polio an imminent threat to public health. That’s in addition to state Health Commissioner Mary Bassett’s disaster declaration. On “The Morning Show” on Friday, Rockland County Executive Ed Day said New York State as a whole needs to do a better job of getting people immunized…
Yesterday’s polio declaration by the state is expected to increase public health officials’ ability to deliver polio immunizations. Polio has been lately in wastewater here in Rockland, Orange and Sullivan Counties, and New York City.