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well it is correct: "But the injectable polio vaccine (IPV) is a better way to inoculate children against the disease: it is safer because it does not carry the
by onetimemanytime 7y ago
well it is correct: "But the injectable polio vaccine (IPV) is a better way to inoculate children against the disease: it is safer because it does not carry the live virus. Unhappily, it is also more expensive."
https://www.economist.com/feast-and-famine/2013/07/19/injecting-competition https://www.economist.com/feast-and-famine/2013/07/19/inject...
Still, now that price has dropped to less than $1 per dose, I am sure rich governments or simple rich people can foot the bill.
- akamaka 7y agoYes, it’s true that OPV is cheaper, but it will continue to be used because it is more effective at preventing the transmission of wild polio virus. http://polioeradication.org/polio-today/polio-prevention/the-vaccines/ipv/ http://polioeradication.org/polio-today/polio-prevention/the...
- tyingq 7y agoThere were more cases of OPV caused polio than wild polio in 2019. Maybe it's useful still in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Everywhere else should switch if it's viable economically to so so.
- akamaka 7y agoGood news: https://www.gavi.org/news/media-room/inactivated-polio-vaccine-now-introduced-worldwide https://www.gavi.org/news/media-room/inactivated-polio-vacci...