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Polio vaccines are not a cure. They do not treat the infection nor the after-effects. Also, people who have been vaccinated can still, in principle, contract
by retrac 5y ago
Polio vaccines are not a cure. They do not treat the infection nor the after-effects.
Also, people who have been vaccinated can still, in principle, contract polio. Like people with immunity from previous infection, generally they get a very mild and asymptomatic case that clears almost immediately.
- the_doctah 5y agoYou're arguing semantics when you knew what I meant. Polio vaccines have all but eliminated the virus in the wild (33 cases worldwide as of 2018). It's more effective in every way shape or form when compared to Covid-19 vaccines, which makes the comparison invalid.
- xjlin0 5y agoWant a slightly valid comparison? Please compare first year data of each vaccine for the very strain.
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- the_doctah 5y agoStrains change by definition, which is exactly why there's no cure to Influenza
- retrac 5y agoPolio took 50 years to wipe out with aggressive vaccination programs approaching 100% in some populations. If we reach comparable levels of immunization for polio with the COVID-19 vaccine we may yet see that, too. Where I live with ~90% of adults immunized for COVID, the number of infections and % testing positive continues to fall over the last few months, even as we get more social. I hold out with some cautious optimism?