New York health officials report polio case, the first one in U.S. in nearly a decade. (AP)

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NEW YORK (AP) — An unvaccinated young adult from New York recently contracted polio, the first U.S. case in nearly a decade, health officials said Thursday.

Officials said the patient, who lives in Rockland County, had developed paralysis. The person developed symptoms a month ago and did not recently travel outside the country, county health officials said.

It appears the patient had a vaccine-derived strain of the virus, perhaps from someone who got live vaccine — available in other countries, but not the U.S. — and spread it, officials said.

The person is no longer deemed contagious, but investigators are trying to figure out how the infection occurred and whether other people may have been exposed to the virus.

Most Americans are vaccinated against polio, but unvaccinated people may be at risk, said Rockland County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert. Health officials scheduled vaccination clinics nearby for Friday and Monday, and encouraged anyone who has not been vaccinated to get the shots.

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[onecaliberal]

1. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

They will learn the hard way. It’s sad that children will suffer. The realization of the sheer hell they’re willing to visit on innocent children in so many ways is mind blowing to me. They are the antithesis of everything they pretend to be. The lowest of the low in this country has brought us to the brink.