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minus-squareRebekahWSD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months 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-up7·2 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-squaretoxoplasma0gondii@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIn Germany its part of the multi vaccine with like 5 others.
minus-squareJohandea@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYes, it’s recommended for every child. A total of four doses over five years.
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.
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?
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.
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.