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Re:Four-year-old Israeli child tests positive for polio, fir... by ekianjo on Sunday March 06, 2022 @10:40PM (#30583994)
> anti-vaxxers

Instead of having an uneducated opinion, you should know that polio vaccines can sometimes cause... polio. Yeah, that's not even remotely debated, it's well known:

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/16/780068006/how-the-oral-polio-...

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/polio/hcp/vaccine-derived-p...

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Re:Four-year-old Israeli child tests positive for polio, fir... by avs733 on Sunday March 06, 2022 @10:46PM (#30584016)
This is a naive and disingenuous description of vdp.
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Re:Four-year-old Israeli child tests positive for polio, fir... by DoingIsLearning on Monday March 07, 2022 @02:59AM (#30585270)
This is misleading fear mongering, the people refusing vaccines are in western developed countries, where they are offered injectable forms of the vaccine.

Refusing free and approved vaccination programmes is anti-social behaviour and a public health hazard.

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Re:Four-year-old Israeli child tests positive for polio, fir... by ekianjo on Monday March 07, 2022 @08:31AM (#30587493)
> This is misleading fear mongering

Oh so the CDC link is fear mongering? When presented with facts does it feel good to ignore them at convenience ? Cognitive dissonance much?

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Re:Four-year-old Israeli child tests positive for polio, fir... by DoingIsLearning on Monday March 07, 2022 @08:44AM (#30587632)
It is fear mongering because this was an issue, it is no more.

It is fear mongering because this affected OPV and people are only getting vaccinated with injection based polio vaccine for which none of this applies.

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Re:Four-year-old Israeli child tests positive for polio, fir... by mandmandam on Monday March 07, 2022 @05:09AM (#30586017)
First off, the reason people refusing vaccines are in western countries is because that's who can afford vaccines. Look at the corona vaccination rates in Africa, then tell me why a 30 year old Westerner needs a fourth dose.

Second, the guy posted an NPR and a CDC link to back up his statement of fact. Both articles provide plenty of context, so accusing him of "misleading fear mongering" is, ironically enough, misleading fear mongering.

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