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Re:Four-year-old Israeli child tests positive for polio, fir... by zamalek on Sunday March 06, 2022 @10:10PM (#30583819)
This isn't only a matter of antivaxers. If you're in a country in which Polio has been eradicated, such as the US, double check that you're vaccinated. Various vaccines are no longer recommended because of the virtually nonexistent risk.

I know that Africans receive the TB vaccine as part of our regular schedule, where many developed countries do not.

Re:Four-year-old Israeli child tests positive for polio, fir... by couchand on Sunday March 06, 2022 @10:17PM (#30583862)
The Polio vaccine is still administered in the US as standard practice.
Re:Four-year-old Israeli child tests positive for polio, fir... by MerelyMortal on Sunday March 06, 2022 @10:52PM (#30584060)
TB as well.
Re:Four-year-old Israeli child tests positive for polio, fir... by DoingIsLearning on Monday March 07, 2022 @02:48AM (#30585200)
As a counter example TB and some meningitis vaccines have been dropped in many EU countries because of cost/benefit, as in not enough of a disease incidence to justify covering the cost of the vaccine.

You can still get them voluntarily but you have to pay from your own pocket.

Re:Four-year-old Israeli child tests positive for polio, fir... by CorrectHorseBat on Sunday March 06, 2022 @10:20PM (#30583879)
>Various vaccines are no longer recommended because of the virtually nonexistent risk.

Such as?

Re:Four-year-old Israeli child tests positive for polio, fir... by Drybones on Sunday March 06, 2022 @10:44PM (#30584010)
smallpox
Re:Four-year-old Israeli child tests positive for polio, fir... by CorrectHorseBat on Monday March 07, 2022 @03:29AM (#30585435)
Smallpox has been eradicated, that's not even virtually nonexistent.

Only risk I see is biological warfare, but why do that with a virus we have a vaccine for?

Re:Four-year-old Israeli child tests positive for polio, fir... by mschuster91 on Monday March 07, 2022 @06:32AM (#30586538)
There are multiple other scenarios where the virus could become released into the wild again: infection by clearing up old storage sites, a laboratory accident, or some terrorist spending 100k US$. And all of these have happened (although the latter was "just" horse pox).

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox#Post-eradication

Re:Four-year-old Israeli child tests positive for polio, fir... by pabs3 on Sunday March 06, 2022 @10:42PM (#30584002)
Re:Four-year-old Israeli child tests positive for polio, fir... by CorrectHorseBat on Monday March 07, 2022 @03:26AM (#30585418)
The other type of polio vaccine is still recommended (and even mandatory in many countries) so there is nothing to be worried about if you take all the recommended vaccines.