Why has Polio returned to the U.S.? Author of 鈥淐onstructing the Outbreak: Epidemics in Media and Collective Memory鈥 Katherine Foss explains.
Middle Tennessee State University鈥淔or too long, we've falsely assumed that polio has been eradicated in the U.S.,鈥 says Katherine Foss, a professor and associate director of the School of Journalism & Strategic Media at Middle Tennessee State University. However, no cases doesn鈥檛 mean the virus has been eradicated, especially with polio still existing in the world.