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Or even worse than antivaxxers, the actual vaccinations being given in a mass rollout: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/08/25/905884740/africa-de

Or even worse than antivaxxers, the actual vaccinations being given in a mass rollout: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/08/25/905884740/africa-declares-wild-polio-is-wiped-out-yet-it-persists-in-vaccine-derived-cases https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/08/25/9058847... "It's actually an interesting conundrum. The very tool you are using for [polio] eradication is causing the problem"

corty 6y ago
Yes, the oral polio vaccine is a live vaccine that can cause polio. More advanced vaccines, practically everything in use in developed countries nowadays, don't contain live virus. It's just that third-world countries cannot afford better vaccines. So yes, you are right that there are some corner cases.