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UN says that Polio is back because of the "safe" vaccine made to eliminate it.

But I'm sure this rushed, 'emergency use only' vaccine with total immunity for Big Pharma is just fine; don't worry about the adverse reactions or the testing for safety which is not set to end for another year...I'm sure you'll be okay.

https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-health-middle-east-africa-united-nations-619efb65b9eeec5650f011b960a152e9

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QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

The oral vaccine for polio has live virus in it, this situation is rare, but foreseeable. Injected polio vaccine will never create these scenarios. I'm not sure why it's not the one that's used in Sudan, perhaps cost, or lack of personnel.

L33TH4X0R · 41-45, M

@QuixoticSoul Why is it still used at all? Polio was officially eradicated in 2016 with the last case.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@L33TH4X0R No, Polio was not officially eradicated, which is why everyone gets vaccinated for it - unlike, say, smallpox.

The oral vaccine is not allowed to be used in US, Canada, and other first-world nations, precisely because of what is happening in Sudan.

L33TH4X0R · 41-45, M

@QuixoticSoul Then why should it be okay for Africa? Expendable? Human Drug Trial? The UN was about to pull all funding for Polio in 2022; weird timing.

Also: According to a WHO statement, "The last case of wild poliovirus in the region was detected in 2016 in Nigeria.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@L33TH4X0R I'm guessing cost. And if the last [i]wild [/i]virus was detected in '16, that's an obvious indication that polio has not been eradicated.

L33TH4X0R · 41-45, M

@QuixoticSoul As the WHO stated; the natural/wild virus is eradicated; the only cases are vaccine driven.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@L33TH4X0R When a virus is eradicated, we stop vaccinating people - this is why we don't do routine smallpox vaccinations anymore.

L33TH4X0R · 41-45, M

@QuixoticSoul I get that; but they said 2016 was the last identified case.

Rank Country Birth rate (births/1,000 population)
1 Niger 47.51
2 Angola 42.69
3 Uganda 42.27
4 Mali 42.15
5 Benin 42.05
6 Chad 41.67
7 Congo 41.03
8 Zambia 40.43
9 Malawi 40.12
10 Sudan 38.78

That is the percentage per year per 1,000 people...times this by the population of Africa & then times that by 5yrs; that's a awful lot of children without polio to still be vaccinating.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@L33TH4X0R So - as long as polio exists anywhere (and there are countries where it's still endemic), people will keep vaccinating for it - it's a virus that spreads like absolute wildfire when it shows up. We haven't seen a polio outbreak in ages in the first world - and we're still vaccinating for it - because we know it's out there.

The real question here isn't why kids are being vaccinated - they should all be getting vaccinated - it's why WHO is allowing the use of a vaccine that the first world declared unsafe decades ago.

L33TH4X0R · 41-45, M

@QuixoticSoul 1,000,000% correct.