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Re:Nasal vaccine against Covid-19 prevents infection in mice by corty on Saturday August 22, 2020 @09:49AM (#24244113)
Polio is available as an oral vaccine that used to be widespread in the west. I still remember demanding a sugarcube with every oral medication after getting one for the polio vaccination :)

That doesn't seem to stop anti-vaxxers: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-09-04/anti-v...

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Re:Nasal vaccine against Covid-19 prevents infection in mice by gvjddbnvdrbv on Saturday August 22, 2020 @10:24AM (#24244330)
The oral polio vaccine is a live vaccine. It is much more effective than the injected dead vaccine we now get in the west but it does occasionally cause polio outbreaks...
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