Polyo is spreading in those two cities primarily when people ingest particles from the stool of an infected person. Once it mutates into this dangerous form, the virus can cause paralysis in about one in a thousand infected people. But i really should underscore that both back scenes are highly effective against paralysis. Hat effectiveness is more than 99 %.
The worst predictions for costs have not come to pass, partly because Russia is selling plenty of wheat. But plenty of food-price woe may still await. We examine the curious re-appearance of the polio virus in the West. And the trials of “Pink Sauce” reveal the perils of being a cottage-food producer—or consumer—in the social-media age.
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