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minus-squareRebekahWSD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·19 hours agoMy mother has this scar, when she was vaccinated on a reservation. She also remembers they’d give you a sugar cube with a different vaccine on it at the time. She tried to get it multiple times.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 hours agoi think sugar cube was the polio vaccine, i believe they use that for polio virus.
minus-squareRebekahWSD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoShe 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.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 hours agoUsed. They don’t do oral polio vaccines anymore AFAIK.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoDo 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?
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoPolio is not extinct. There is polio in India and Africa. Smallpox may be extinct, because of the vaccine, which causes that scar.
minus-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoI’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.
minus-squaretoxoplasma0gondii@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoIn Germany its part of the multi vaccine with like 5 others.
minus-squareJohandea@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoYes, it’s recommended for every child. A total of four doses over five years.
My mother has this scar, when she was vaccinated on a reservation.
She also remembers they’d give you a sugar cube with a different vaccine on it at the time. She tried to get it multiple times.
i think sugar cube was the polio vaccine, i believe they use that for polio virus.
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.
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?
Polio is not extinct. There is polio in India and Africa. Smallpox may be extinct, because of the vaccine, which causes that scar.
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.
In Germany its part of the multi vaccine with like 5 others.
Yes, it’s recommended for every child. A total of four doses over five years.