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minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agoUsed. They don’t do oral polio vaccines anymore AFAIK.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days 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-squareJohandea@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoYes, it’s recommended for every child. A total of four doses over five years.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoPolio has not been eradicated the way Smallpox has. There is no smallpox anywhere. There are Polio patients, relatively rare as they are.
minus-squaretoxoplasma0gondii@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoIn Germany its part of the multi vaccine with like 5 others.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 days 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-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·9 days agoPolio is not extinct. There is polio in India and Africa. Smallpox may be extinct, because of the vaccine, which causes that scar.
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?
Yes, it’s recommended for every child. A total of four doses over five years.
Polio has not been eradicated the way Smallpox has. There is no smallpox anywhere. There are Polio patients, relatively rare as they are.
In Germany its part of the multi vaccine with like 5 others.
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 is not extinct. There is polio in India and Africa. Smallpox may be extinct, because of the vaccine, which causes that scar.