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i think sugar cube was the polio vaccine, i believe they use that for polio virus.
Used. They don't do oral polio vaccines anymore AFAIK.
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?
In Germany its part of the multi vaccine with like 5 others.
Polio has not been eradicated the way Smallpox has. There is no smallpox anywhere. There are Polio patients, relatively rare as they are.
Yes, it's recommended for every child. A total of four doses over five years.
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.
Polio is not extinct. There is polio in India and Africa. Smallpox may be extinct, because of the vaccine, which causes that scar.
She agrees, it was the polio vaccine in the sugar cube. She was also unable to get a second cube, as the small white girl in the bright red coat was very distinctive and they told her to stop trying to get another cube.