Re:Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 detected in London, UK
by mateo1 on Thursday June 23, 2022 @06:23AM
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I'm concerned too, I don't think I was offered a polio vaccine, ever.
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Re:Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 detected in London, UK
by ricardobayes on Thursday June 23, 2022 @06:25AM
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You probably were, it is part of the mandatory course administered to children (at least it was/is in Central/Eastern Europe)
Re:Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 detected in London, UK
by bjoli on Thursday June 23, 2022 @06:58AM
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Building on this, the vaccination programmes of the EU countries have converged to the extent that I was able to vaccinate my 3 month old in accordance to the Swedish vaccination programme while on vacation in Portugal by just showing up at a health centre and asking for a vaccination in accordance to their vaccination programme.
They even use the same vaccines.
If you are younger than 30 you will have had a polio vaccine if you parents followed the national vaccine programme in any European country. If you are younger than 50 chances are that you have been vaccinated as well.
Re:Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 detected in London, UK
by mateo1 on Thursday June 23, 2022 @06:47AM
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Turns out I didn't remember it because it's part of those combined vaccines. I hope my immune memory is better than my cerebral.
Re:Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 detected in London, UK
by ggm on Thursday June 23, 2022 @06:58AM
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You can get an adult booster. I was a recipient of pink sugar cube, possibly Salk vaccine in the 60s. I got a booster with my son's series in the 90s.
Re:Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 detected in London, UK
by wirrbel on Thursday June 23, 2022 @10:31AM
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Don’t you have a vaccination record /pass in which all childhood vaccinations are recorded? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Certificate_of...
Re:Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 detected in London, UK
by jacquesm on Thursday June 23, 2022 @08:08AM
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You may have had a 'cocktail' shot:
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/why-vaccinate/combinati...
Re:Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 detected in London, UK
by baggsie on Thursday June 23, 2022 @07:36AM
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At least in France it's combined with the tetanus one - I'd imagine it's the same in other countries too.
Re:Vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 detected in London, UK
by qwertox on Thursday June 23, 2022 @05:08PM
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Boostrix-IPV https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/files/pil.5302.pdf