Comment on CW: Picture of a severe vaccine injury, NSFL

• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Used. They don’t do oral polio vaccines anymore AFAIK.

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    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?

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    • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Polio has not been eradicated the way Smallpox has. There is no smallpox anywhere. There are Polio patients, relatively rare as they are.

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    • pyre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      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.

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    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Polio is not extinct. There is polio in India and Africa. Smallpox may be extinct, because of the vaccine, which causes that scar.

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    • toxoplasma0gondii@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      In Germany its part of the multi vaccine with like 5 others.

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    • Johandea@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yes, it’s recommended for every child. A total of four doses over five years.

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• RebekahWSD@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  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.

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