There's Polio in New York's wastewater. How concerned should we be?

The recent discovery of Polio in New York City's wastewater got one listener curious. Amy from Arizona left a voice mail for the team at 5 Things asking how Polio was found? Were they looking for something else? And how worried should we be? So we did a little digging and spoke to two experts on the matter. We wanted to know how a disease that has been eliminated in the United States can show up again? Should we be worried? And what can we do to protect ourselves?

Our guests today Chris McKenna, is a veteran reporter with The Times Herald Record a newspaper that covers the northwest suburbs of New York City and Cornell University's Dr. Jay Varma specializes in epidemiology and public health.

They answer our questions and give us more insight into the discovery.

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