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PRINTER'S NO. 1157
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
240
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY QUINN, BAKER, BISHOP, BOBACK, BROWNLEE,
CALTAGIRONE, CAUSER, COHEN, CORBIN, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DAVIS,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DUSH, FABRIZIO, FEE, GIBBONS,
GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, HARHART, HENNESSEY, JAMES,
W. KELLER, KILLION, KIM, KINSEY, KIRKLAND, KOTIK, LONGIETTI,
MAHONEY, MAJOR, MARSICO, McCARTER, McNEILL, MILLARD, MURT,
MUSTIO, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PICKETT, READSHAW, ROSS, ROZZI,
SABATINA, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER, SONNEY, THOMAS, WARD,
WATSON, WHEELAND AND YOUNGBLOOD, APRIL 10, 2015
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 10, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of April 2015 as "Polio Awareness Month"
in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Polio survivors experience post-polio syndrome
(PPS), the unexpected and often disabling symptoms include
overwhelming fatigue, muscle weakness, muscle and joint pain,
sleep disorders, heightened sensitivity to anesthesia and pain,
cold intolerance and difficulty swallowing and breathing; and
WHEREAS, These disabling symptoms often occur after the acute
poliovirus infection; and
WHEREAS, PPS can be managed and even prevented if polio
survivors conserve their energy, which reduces their number of
remaining poliovirus damaged neurons and weakened muscle joints;
and
WHEREAS, Air travel makes all Americans vulnerable to
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infection by an imported poliovirus and, because of this risk,
all Americans must continue to be vaccinated; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
month of April 2015 as "Polio Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
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