Is There a Difference Between Polio and Cholera?

Polio virus is transmitted fecal oral, just like cholera. So you have to actually ingest poopiness to get infected. There's a small chance that you can transmit it by coughing if you have an infection in your upper gastrointestinal tract but it's pretty not very common. The burden was historically and still tends to be heaviest in countries that have poor sanitation.