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SIOUX FALLS, SD – "I always have a lot of young kids who will tell me" What happened to your leg, "says Larry Toll, Polio survivor.
October 22 marks "World Polio Day". Across the country, people are becoming aware of the viral disease.
Toll explains, "Fundamental effect on your neuro connections in your body."
The disease causes muscle weakness and loss of strength. For the polio survivor, Larry Toll, he lost a leg.
"I lost the connection with my leg muscles. They are there, but they are atrophied and I can not use them, "says Toll.
At Monday's Rotary meeting, the group met to discuss "World Polio Awareness Day". Polio has decreased by more than 99% worldwide. However, we still find today 1% or 22 cases of poliomyelitis.
"As the world changes, we need to be more aware of what is happening outside our back door, even outside the walls of our country," said Dr. Paul Amundson, CVS Health's family physician.
Since the outbreaks of the fifties and sixties, vaccines against the virus have greatly improved.
Amundson said, "The initial vaccines that were launched consisted of an injection of polio vaccine. We are now able to develop an oral polio vaccine that can be (much more) easily dispersed around the world. "
Larry spoke to Rotary about his struggles and victories about the disease. His message to the city is that this disease can still happen to anyone
Toll implores, "Vaccinate your children. Keep them healthy so that they do not have to endure anything like me, who wears a leg splint all my life. "
Three of the countries most affected by polio are Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Chief of Staff Erica Beck proclaimed October 22nd "World Polio Day" in Sioux Falls, on behalf of Mayor Paul TenHaken.
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