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The lead paragraph states approxiamately 70% of cases are symptomatic however the source for that information says Approximately 70% of all polio infections in children are asymptomatic I could not find information on the number of cases in general that are asymptomatic. Could someone please revert this Watch Atlas791 ( talk) 00:54, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
Is it just me? It seems extremely odd that there isn't a section in the article documenting the ongoing attempts to eradicate the virus (or did I just miss it?). With a fair wind, Polio will be relegated to the history section in the next few years. New funding for the ongoing attempt announced by UNICEF a month ago: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center/press-releases/2023/10/one-billion-health-security-financing-eib-european-commission Rafflesgluft ( talk) 08:57, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
I am reviewing this article as part of WP:URFA/2020, an initiative to review Wikipedia's oldest articles. Upon quickly skimming this article, I noticed some concerns which I have outlined below:
Is anyone interested in fixing up this article? Z1720 ( talk) 02:30, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
@ Robertpedley: I am very busy in real life so I only took a skim, but here are some thoughts:
I hope work continues on this. Z1720 ( talk) 15:28, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
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The lead paragraph states approxiamately 70% of cases are symptomatic however the source for that information says Approximately 70% of all polio infections in children are asymptomatic I could not find information on the number of cases in general that are asymptomatic. Could someone please revert this Watch Atlas791 ( talk) 00:54, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
Is it just me? It seems extremely odd that there isn't a section in the article documenting the ongoing attempts to eradicate the virus (or did I just miss it?). With a fair wind, Polio will be relegated to the history section in the next few years. New funding for the ongoing attempt announced by UNICEF a month ago: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center/press-releases/2023/10/one-billion-health-security-financing-eib-european-commission Rafflesgluft ( talk) 08:57, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
I am reviewing this article as part of WP:URFA/2020, an initiative to review Wikipedia's oldest articles. Upon quickly skimming this article, I noticed some concerns which I have outlined below:
Is anyone interested in fixing up this article? Z1720 ( talk) 02:30, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
@ Robertpedley: I am very busy in real life so I only took a skim, but here are some thoughts:
I hope work continues on this. Z1720 ( talk) 15:28, 18 April 2024 (UTC)