'S
'S WELCOME BACK TODAY'S WORLD POLIO DAY, A DAY DEDICATED TO
ENDING POLIO FOR GOOD.
MORE ON THE WORK BEING DONE
HERE IN SANTIAGO TO FIGHT THE
PARALYZING DISEASE.
PARALYZING DISEASE. THE THREAT OF POLIO IN THE U.S.
AND A DECADES AGO BECAUSE WE
ALL GET IMMUNIZED FROM THE TIME
WE ARE BABIES ABOUT FOUR SHOTS.
PEOPLE STILL GET POLIO AND
OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD
AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN ABOUT 20
CASES SO FAR THIS YEAR THAT
DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT IN FACT
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER IN THE
1980s 350,000 PEOPLE A YEAR GOT
POLIO, MANY PARALYZED, A NUMBER
OF PEOPLE DIED MIKE EARLIER
TODAY I TALKED WITH THE HEAD OF
THE POLIO ERADICATION AT THE
BILL AND MELINDA GATES
FOUNDATION.
FOUNDATION. POLIO WAS FOUND EVERYWHERE THE
WORLD IT WILL STILL BE A THREAT
TO US.
TO US.
TO US. >>
TO US. >> WE ARE NOT SHOOTING TO GO
FROM 300,000 CASES TO 20.
WE NEED TO GET THE LAST BIT
DONE.
DONE.
DONE. ONCE WE GET RID OF THE VIRUS
FROM THOSE POPULATIONS AND FROM
THE SEWAGE THEY FEED INTO THEIR,
THEN THE WORLD WILL BE FREE OF
WILD POLIOVIRUS AND WE WILL NOT
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY KID
GETTING PARALYZED FROM WILD
POLIOVIRUS AGAIN.
POLIOVIRUS AGAIN. >> THAT BRINGS US TO OUR GAME
CHANGER OF THE DAY, STEVE
CRANE, NOT ONLY A POLIO
SURVIVOR, A POLIO ACTIVIST AND
A MAN I CONSIDER MY FRIEND.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>> GOOD TO BE HERE.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOU
GOT POLIO AND THE EFFECTS?
>> SURE. IT WAS 1955, THE
MORNING WAS TO GO TO FOOTBALL
PRACTICE, IN SEPTEMBER, I WENT
TO GET OUT OF BED AND I COULD
NOT STAND.
NOT STAND. IT HAPPENED THAT FAST.
NOBODY KNEW HOW IT HAPPENED OR
WHY IT WAS TRANSMITTED.
VERY SCARY. PARENTS WERE
KEEPING KIDS OUT OF CLUBS,
CROWDS, MOVIE THEATERS,
SWIMMING POOLS.
SWIMMING POOLS. WE ARE WONDERING HOW THE WORLD
THEY WERE ABLE TO BE PROTECTIVE
AND THE ENVIRONMENT FORTUNATELY
AT THAT TIME JONAS SALK'S
VACCINE WAS APPROVED AND SAFE
AND WITH THAT, THE EPIDEMIC WE
HAD HAD, 50,000 CASES AT THAT
TIME, AND DID HERE.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I ADMIRE
THAT STORY DIDN'T END THERE
THIS IS WHERE IT STARTED THIS
GUY HAS BEEN AN ACTIVIST FOR
DECADES TRYING TO GET FUNDING
FOR POLIO ERADICATION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW
POLIO GETS ERADICATED YOU HAVE
TO HAND-DELIVER VACCINES TO
MILLIONS OF KIDS ALL OVER THE
WORLD. TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT.
HE WENT TO AFRICA A COUPLE
YEARS AGO TO DELIVER THE
VACCINE?
VACCINE?
VACCINE? >> THE REAL GAME CHANGER IS
ROTARY.
ROTARY.
ROTARY. THE ROTARY HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS
FORCE FOR OVER 30 YEARS IN
TERMS OF TRYING TO BRING
VACCINES TO KIDS THAT NEED IT
MOST.
MOST.
MOST. AT
MOST. AT THE SAME TIME TO KEEP
FUNDING GOING REQUIRED, THE END
OF THIS IS POSSIBLE WHICH MAKES
IT EXCITING BUT ALSO CRITICAL
BECAUSE IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN WE
WILL GET BACK TO 200,000 CASES.
>> IT TAKES MONEY AND BOOTS ON
THE GROUND.
THE GROUND. >> A QUESTION I JUST THOUGHT OF
DOES IT FRUSTRATE YOU TO KNOW
SOME PEOPLE ARE REFUSING TO GET
VACCINATED?
VACCINATED? >> YES IT DOES.
I THINK IT IS A SHAME. ANY KID
IS NOT PROTECTED IN THE SORT OF
WAY THEY CAN BE SO EASILY,
ESPECIALLY HERE. IT IS IN PARTS
OF THE WORLD ROTARY IS MOST
ACTIVE AND MARK MENTIONED,
WHERE KIDS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO
THAT AND PARENTS AREN'T ABLE TO
DO THAT. WE HAVE OTHERS DOING
IT FOR THEM. BUT WHERE PARENTS
CANNOT BELIEVE THEY SHOULD.
>> ALMOST 20 CASES BUT UNTIL IT
IS GONE FOR THREE YEARS WE
CAN'T SAY POLIO IS GONE FOR
GOOD.
GOOD.
GOOD. EVERYBODY IS IN THE FIGHTS, THE
GATES FOUNDATION, WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION, CDC, ROTARY AND
PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
TEXT POLIO TO 206-448-4545 AND
WE WILL KICK YOU BACK A LINK
GREAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
>> WE WILL BRING STEVE