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minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoi think sugar cube was the polio vaccine, i believe they use that for polio virus.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoUsed. They don’t do oral polio vaccines anymore AFAIK.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoDo they even vaccinate against polio anymore I’m pretty sure I’ve never had a polio vaccine and I am pretty sure it’s extinct isn’t it?
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI’m no expert but at this point I think it’s a pretty safe bet that things come back if you stop vaccinating against it.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoPolio has not been eradicated the way Smallpox has. There is no smallpox anywhere. There are Polio patients, relatively rare as they are.
minus-squareJohandea@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYes, it’s recommended for every child. A total of four doses over five years.
minus-squaretoxoplasma0gondii@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIn Germany its part of the multi vaccine with like 5 others.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoPolio is not extinct. There is polio in India and Africa. Smallpox may be extinct, because of the vaccine, which causes that scar.
minus-squareRebekahWSD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoShe agrees, it was the polio vaccine in the sugar cube. She was also unable to get a second cube, as the small white girl in the bright red coat was very distinctive and they told her to stop trying to get another cube.
i think sugar cube was the polio vaccine, i believe they use that for polio virus.
Used. They don’t do oral polio vaccines anymore AFAIK.
Do they even vaccinate against polio anymore I’m pretty sure I’ve never had a polio vaccine and I am pretty sure it’s extinct isn’t it?
I’m no expert but at this point I think it’s a pretty safe bet that things come back if you stop vaccinating against it.
Polio has not been eradicated the way Smallpox has. There is no smallpox anywhere. There are Polio patients, relatively rare as they are.
Yes, it’s recommended for every child. A total of four doses over five years.
In Germany its part of the multi vaccine with like 5 others.
Polio is not extinct. There is polio in India and Africa. Smallpox may be extinct, because of the vaccine, which causes that scar.
She agrees, it was the polio vaccine in the sugar cube. She was also unable to get a second cube, as the small white girl in the bright red coat was very distinctive and they told her to stop trying to get another cube.