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minus-squareRebekahWSD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 days agoMy mother has this scar, when she was vaccinated on a reservation. She also remembers they’d give you a sugar cube with a different vaccine on it at the time. She tried to get it multiple times.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoi think sugar cube was the polio vaccine, i believe they use that for polio virus.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoUsed. They don’t do oral polio vaccines anymore AFAIK.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 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-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 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-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 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-squaretoxoplasma0gondii@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIn Germany its part of the multi vaccine with like 5 others.
minus-squareJohandea@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYes, it’s recommended for every child. A total of four doses over five years.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 days 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 days 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.
My mother has this scar, when she was vaccinated on a reservation.
She also remembers they’d give you a sugar cube with a different vaccine on it at the time. She tried to get it multiple times.
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?
Polio has not been eradicated the way Smallpox has. There is no smallpox anywhere. There are Polio patients, relatively rare as they are.
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.
In Germany its part of the multi vaccine with like 5 others.
Yes, it’s recommended for every child. A total of four doses over five years.
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.