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ShazzieB

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19. Hmmm.....

Sat Aug 6, 2022, 02:20 AM

Aug 2022

It says previously vaccinated people may need a booster if "traveling to a country where the risk of getting polio is greater." I wonder how great the risk needs to be. Seems to me that an epidemic could change the calculations there!

I've had a full course of both the Salk vaccine and then the "sugar cube" oral vaccine when it first became available. Is the immunity really still good decades later?

Humor me, lol. I'm a nervous Nelly after all the covid panic and now monkey pox (hoping my ancient smallpox vaccination and booster will help with that, but not counting on it).

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New York polio case is the 'tip of the iceberg,' hundreds of others could be infected [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 OP

We really do not want a polio epidemic. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #1

Those old photos need to be pulled out again. Lonestarblue Aug 2022 #8

Yep Rebl2 Aug 2022 #14

My aunt was a nurse as well and I remember them talking about it. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #18

Some people have lost their minds today! I don't understand the mindset of choosing ignorance. Lonestarblue Aug 2022 #22

People today have not seen these old horrible diseases. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #23

+2 appalachiablue Aug 2022 #45

Problem why polio is not erradicated around the world is that womanofthehills Aug 2022 #31

"why can't the whole world get the dead virus vaccine?" BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #36

Between war & Covid, kids in Ukraine not getting their shots womanofthehills Aug 2022 #40

I know they are being impacted big time BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #41

Just for quick reference, I'll leave this here Best_man23 Aug 2022 #46

Remember children in iron lungs Timeflyer Aug 2022 #25

Yes my mother took care of some of these patients. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #28

Yes, it was scary stuff! ShazzieB Aug 2022 #42

Thanks anti-vaxxer fuckheads! We now have polio back! Initech Aug 2022 #2

We basically have polio back because the world will not spend the money to give kids in Africa &Asia womanofthehills Aug 2022 #32

Kicking for visibility SheltieLover Aug 2022 #3

Does the oral medications we got in the early 60s provide lifetime protection? Chainfire Aug 2022 #4

It seems a long time MuseRider Aug 2022 #6

Some reports say still effective - who knows womanofthehills Aug 2022 #38

That was my understanding, and I never heard of anyone getting a booster bucolic_frolic Aug 2022 #7

The majority of polio cases are in kids 1 to 5 yrs old womanofthehills Aug 2022 #33

Who is at risk? Baitball Blogger Aug 2022 #5

Here is some info from CDC BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #9

I only had the sugar cube vaccination. Baitball Blogger Aug 2022 #10

yes. Evolve Dammit Aug 2022 #11

For some reason BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #12

Hmmm..... ShazzieB Aug 2022 #19

I think most of us are in the same boat BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #21

That's what Rebl2 Aug 2022 #15

In the past, it has mostly been a disease of toddlers womanofthehills Aug 2022 #34

From CDC - what is polio? womanofthehills Aug 2022 #37

Polio was eradicated from the US before these antivax idiots brought it back IronLionZion Aug 2022 #13

Time for a long overdue booster! LeftInTX Aug 2022 #16

YW! BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #17

Anti-vaxx and religious. Richard D Aug 2022 #20

My uncle had it and lived crippled Marthe48 Aug 2022 #24

Makes me glad for that little round scar on my arm Bayard Aug 2022 #26

That little round scar is the smallpox vaxx - not polio womanofthehills Aug 2022 #35

Jeez--how right you are! Bayard Aug 2022 #44

A logical consequence of taking us back to the "good old days." malthaussen Aug 2022 #27

My mother-in-law was one of the last people in the US to get polio. Her life was defined by pain. NNadir Aug 2022 #29

I think I'm getting epidemicitis! purr-rat beauty Aug 2022 #30

How soon until America is designated 'high risk'? IbogaProject Aug 2022 #39

Large numbers of children are at risk Turbineguy Aug 2022 #43