Talk:Polio

% of asymptomatic cases in the lead.

The lead paragraph states approxiamately 70% of cases are symptomatic however the source for that information says Approximately 70% of all polio infections in children are asymptomatic I could not find information on the number of cases in general that are asymptomatic. Could someone please revert this Watch Atlas791 (talk) 00:54, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Fixed it. Bob (talk) 19:49, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Eradication

Is it just me? It seems extremely odd that there isn't a section in the article documenting the ongoing attempts to eradicate the virus (or did I just miss it?). With a fair wind, Polio will be relegated to the history section in the next few years. New funding for the ongoing attempt announced by UNICEF a month ago: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ideas/media-center/press-releases/2023/10/one-billion-health-security-financing-eib-european-commission Rafflesgluft (talk) 08:57, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

OK, searching within the article I can now see it is covered, and does have its own separate article... however I think a top level section titled "Eradication attempts" or similar would make it much clearer to the reader? Rafflesgluft (talk) 09:00, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

WP:URFA/2020 review

I am reviewing this article as part of WP:URFA/2020, an initiative to review Wikipedia's oldest articles. Upon quickly skimming this article, I noticed some concerns which I have outlined below:

• There are several uncited statements including entire paragraphs,
• The "History" section doesn't seem to have post-2001 information,
• The "Research" section is quite undevelopped and has an "update needed" banner from 2020.
• There are some sources in the "Further reading" section that might be included in the article.

Is anyone interested in fixing up this article? Z1720 (talk) 02:30, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

@Z1720I think I've finished. Please review. Bob (talk) 21:42, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

@Robertpedley: I am very busy in real life so I only took a skim, but here are some thoughts:

• The research section still feels quite scarce. What is happening with polio research? Is it getting funding? What are they researching?
• "Even if polio can be eliminated completely from the world population, vaccination programs should continue for at least ten years." Why? Says who? What does this have to do with research?
• There are a couple of sentences that need citations, which I have indicated with a cn tag.
• Can the history section be divided with level 3 headings? Or perhaps shortened? Usually, each section is 2-4 paragraphs.
• I am not sure which bullet points in the "Eradication" section are cited to what. Can this be clarified, maybe with a citation after each bullet point?

I hope work continues on this. Z1720 (talk) 15:28, 18 April 2024 (UTC)