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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-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-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 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-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoPolio is not extinct. There is polio in India and Africa. Smallpox may be extinct, because of the vaccine, which causes that scar.
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.
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 has not been eradicated the way Smallpox has. There is no smallpox anywhere. There are Polio patients, relatively rare as they are.
Polio is not extinct. There is polio in India and Africa. Smallpox may be extinct, because of the vaccine, which causes that scar.