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In the UK as a child you are offered the Polio vaccine. Uptake is around 95% in the UK overall, and 91% in London. > “Vaccine-derived poliovirus has the potent

In the UK as a child you are offered the Polio vaccine. Uptake is around 95% in the UK overall, and 91% in London. > “Vaccine-derived poliovirus has the potential to spread, particularly in communities where vaccine uptake is lower,” said Dr Vanessa Saliba, consultant epidemiologist at the UKHSA. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/22/polio-uk-public-health-officials-declare-national-incident-over-poliovirus https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/22/polio-uk-pub...

LatteLazy 4y ago
It's worth remembering that London is 10m people over a huge area. There are 1001 communities within it. So a 91% overall rate could be 91% everywhere or 99% in many places and 0% in a few. Or anywhere in between. The actual numbers seem to be here: https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/immunisation-rates-children-1st-2nd-and-5th-birthdays https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/immunisation-rates-childr... But I am at work so can't really look. Time for me to get a booster maybe...
- Arnt 4y ago
  That's data for 1, 2 and 5-year-olds. Not for immigrants who arrived at an older age, of which there are quite a few in some parts of London.
  - ClumsyPilot 4y ago
    polio vaccine is reasonably widespread, I don't expect that most proffeshional immigrants would be missing it. i woupd be more concerned about the recent trend of 'conciencious objection' against vaccines GPs could do a better job of asking for your vaccine record and actually checking if its up to date though. I only found out that one of my vaccines was outdated (they need to be done again every 10 years) because I spesifically was checking my vaccines for travel.
  - Zenst 4y ago
    Indeed, London is home to many French nationals, so many that https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18234930 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18234930 So the history of vacinations do become blurred. Actualy for France polio was still not eradicated as of 1988, not so in 2020 but how they count that and what the vaccine uptake was for the generations who have migrated is always going to be a factor. https://www.cdc.gov/polio/progress/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/polio/progress/index.htm Then tourists - London does get a fair few as well, and as covid has shown, virus's dont' hang about.

LatteLazy 4y ago

It's worth remembering that London is 10m people over a huge area. There are 1001 communities within it. So a 91% overall rate could be 91% everywhere or 99% in many places and 0% in a few. Or anywhere in between. The actual numbers seem to be here: https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/immunisation-rates-children-1st-2nd-and-5th-birthdays https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/immunisation-rates-childr... But I am at work so can't really look. Time for me to get a booster maybe...

Arnt 4y ago
That's data for 1, 2 and 5-year-olds. Not for immigrants who arrived at an older age, of which there are quite a few in some parts of London.
- ClumsyPilot 4y ago
  polio vaccine is reasonably widespread, I don't expect that most proffeshional immigrants would be missing it. i woupd be more concerned about the recent trend of 'conciencious objection' against vaccines GPs could do a better job of asking for your vaccine record and actually checking if its up to date though. I only found out that one of my vaccines was outdated (they need to be done again every 10 years) because I spesifically was checking my vaccines for travel.
- Zenst 4y ago
  Indeed, London is home to many French nationals, so many that https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18234930 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18234930 So the history of vacinations do become blurred. Actualy for France polio was still not eradicated as of 1988, not so in 2020 but how they count that and what the vaccine uptake was for the generations who have migrated is always going to be a factor. https://www.cdc.gov/polio/progress/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/polio/progress/index.htm Then tourists - London does get a fair few as well, and as covid has shown, virus's dont' hang about.