Senate Resolution 168

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                       BY  JOHNSON
  1  3 A Resolution recognizing the year 2004 as a significant
  1  4    anniversary in the efforts to address polio and encouraging
  1  5    the continuation of the efforts so that polio can be
  1  6    successfully eradicated throughout the world.
  1  7    WHEREAS, 2004 marks the 50th anniversary of the
  1  8 successful nationwide trial of the injectable polio
  1  9 vaccine; and
  1 10    WHEREAS, 2004 marks the 130th anniversary of the
  1 11 diagnosis of the first case of postpolio sequelae in
  1 12 which often disabling symptoms occur 35 years after
  1 13 the initial attack of the polio virus, including
  1 14 overwhelming fatigue, muscle weakness, muscle and
  1 15 joint pain, sleep disorders, cold pain, and difficulty
  1 16 swallowing and breathing; and
  1 17    WHEREAS, while the polio vaccines have eliminated
  1 18 naturally occurring polio cases in the United States,
  1 19 more than 40 percent of children in the United States
  1 20 do not receive all doses of the vaccine, polio has not
  1 21 been eliminated in other parts of the world, and
  1 22 nearly 1.6 million polio survivors live in the United
  1 23 States who are susceptible to postpolio sequelae; NOW
  1 24 THEREFORE,
  1 25    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That 2004 is
  1 26 recognized as the 50th anniversary of the injectable
  1 27 polio vaccine that virtually eradicated naturally
  1 28 occurring polio in the United States; and
  1 29    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate encourages
  1 30 health care providers and health educators to continue
  2  1 their efforts to educate health professionals and the
  2  2 public concerning polio and to vaccinate children, so
  2  3 that eradication of this disease in the United States
  2  4 will continue to be the case and so that eradication
  2  5 of the disease will become a reality in other parts of
  2  6 the world.
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