92.6% of children by age 24 months

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/immunize.htm

The inactivated virus variant of the polio vaccine is still in the standard childhood immunization schedule in the US:

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolesc...

It's in the standard schedule for kids: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolesc...

They get 3 doses before they turn 15 months old, in fact.

> it's not in the standard vaccine series for most in the US

It absolutely is. It's low risk because everyone is vaccinated.

You might be thinking of the smallpox vaccine.

Bingo, whoops. Not sure why I mixed up polio and smallpox but you nailed it.

When I saw the article I thought exactly the same thing. I had to check the Kaiser app, but apparently I have had 4 polio shots as a child.

I don't have the smallpox vaccine though. I know my mom has a big scar on the inside of her arm from that one, so I am pretty sure they've phased that one out.

Or the oral (active) polio vaccine?

I just confirmed both my kids have the polio vaccines from the standard set given to kids. The polio vaccine is called IPV (inactivated poliovirus) and usually comes in a bundle branded as PENTACEL which is “a 5-in-1 combination vaccine that protects against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio, and Haemophilus influenzae type B”.

All my kids got the vaccine and I even got a booster before I went to Israel.