Polio!

I read the other day that 22 cases of suspected polio have been identified in NE Syria. If the civil war wasn't bad enough, allowing a window for a disease that can paralyse children to re-establish itself is tragic. Polio is on the brink of eradication (think of the success with smallpox) and here we have a situation that may allow a wider comeback. This is especially so given that local leaders in NW Pakistan have banned vaccination. Two fronts on which to fight this disease are two fronts too many.