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Re:The Dangerous Push to Give Boosters to Teens by logic_beats_pro on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @02:10AM (#29646355)
Highly unlikely that your 100% statistic is true. Polio rages on today in Africa because of one reason: the oral polio vaccine.

Wild type polio has actually been eliminated but sixteen African nations are battling outbreaks of what's called "vaccine-derived polio."

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/08/25/9058847...

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Re:The Dangerous Push to Give Boosters to Teens by nojokes on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @07:42PM (#29657381)
Well, this is what CDC claims https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/polio/hcp/effectiveness-dur...

Yes, I know about this mutated live vaccine. It for sure looked like a great idea on paper.

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