A baby in Gaza was paralyzed by a mutated polio strain shed by vaccinated individuals, highlighting a public health policy failure. This marks the first polio case in Gaza in over 25 years, affecting an unvaccinated 10-month-old amid Israel-Hamas conflict. Scientists criticize the WHO’s eradication campaign, which nearly eliminated polio but failed to address vaccine-derived outbreaks. The strain evolved from a virus in an oral vaccine removed in 2016, leading to thousands of cases. Columbia University virologist Vincent Racaniello called the strategy “horrible.”