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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

Do they even vaccinate against polio anymore I'm pretty sure I've never had a polio vaccine and I am pretty sure it's extinct isn't it?

Polio has not been eradicated the way Smallpox has. There is no smallpox anywhere. There are Polio patients, relatively rare as they are.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I'm no expert but at this point I think it's a pretty safe bet that things come back if you stop vaccinating against it.

[-] toxoplasma0gondii@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

In Germany its part of the multi vaccine with like 5 others.

[-] Johandea@feddit.nu 1 points 2 days ago

Yes, it's recommended for every child. A total of four doses over five years.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 days ago

Polio is not extinct. There is polio in India and Africa. Smallpox may be extinct, because of the vaccine, which causes that scar.

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