National Science Day: Group 6
Meet the members
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What is Polio?
Polio (poliomyelitis) is a disease that is caused by poliovirus, an RNA virus; that spreads from person to person and can infect a person’s spinal cord, causing paralysis.
This is how it looks
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What is its origins?
The history of polio (Poliomyelitis) infections began during prehistory. Polio circulated in human populations at low levels and appeared to be a relatively uncommon disease for most of the 1800s. In 2016, it continues to circulate in just Afghanistan and Pakistan, with occasional spread to neighbouring countries.
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Spread of Polio in 1988 and 2020 April
Date of eradication in India: 27th March, 2014
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Transmission and Symptoms
Skit by Group 6
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How does it infect the human body?
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Primary Target
Polio virus mainly affects children under 5 years of age.
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Prevention & Control
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Samarth’s puppet show
COVID-19 vs. Polio
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7. Trivia
Polio can only be prevented as it has no cure
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Conclusion
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Polio, which has already been eradicated should stay eradicated.
Even if polio virus no longer affects the world, it will still be kept for several reasons. It will mostly be kept for producing vaccines, for study and for making future medicines.
Paralytical polio can only be prevented and no cure. Even so, we should be very serious about the responsibility to keep polio from spreading again.
We should only keep the needed viruses. Otherwise, it can cause paralysis and death in our world.
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