Reminder: people are vaccinated only as kids for polio in the US not because the protection is lifelong but because there’s a v. low incidence of polio DUE TO THE VACCINE. It’s unknown how many years the current vax protects people for. So yes, this will be a problem for everyone, not just newborns.
Reposted from The New York Times
The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death.

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