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Whats the vaccination rate for polio outside of this area? I suspect it's quite low, it's not in the standard vaccine series for most in the US to my knowledge

Whats the vaccination rate for polio outside of this area? I suspect it's quite low, it's not in the standard vaccine series for most in the US to my knowledge due to low risk now. Outside of some older people and immigrants, I think many aren't vaccinated for polio.

bluedevil2k 4y ago
All my kids got the vaccine and I even got a booster before I went to Israel.
kenny11 4y ago
The inactivated virus variant of the polio vaccine is still in the standard childhood immunization schedule in the US: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolesc...
LodeOfCode 4y ago
92.6% of children by age 24 months https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/immunize.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/immunize.htm
rco8786 4y ago
> it's not in the standard vaccine series for most in the US It absolutely is. It's low risk because everyone is vaccinated.
henryfjordan 4y ago
You might be thinking of the smallpox vaccine.
- jefftk 4y ago
  Or the oral (active) polio vaccine?
- Frost1x 4y ago
  Bingo, whoops. Not sure why I mixed up polio and smallpox but you nailed it.
  - henryfjordan 4y ago
    When I saw the article I thought exactly the same thing. I had to check the Kaiser app, but apparently I have had 4 polio shots as a child. I don't have the smallpox vaccine though. I know my mom has a big scar on the inside of her arm from that one, so I am pretty sure they've phased that one out.
evanmoran 4y ago
I just confirmed both my kids have the polio vaccines from the standard set given to kids. The polio vaccine is called IPV (inactivated poliovirus) and usually comes in a bundle branded as PENTACEL which is “a 5-in-1 combination vaccine that protects against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio, and Haemophilus influenzae type B”.
NoNotTheDuo 4y ago
It's in the standard schedule for kids: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolesc... They get 3 doses before they turn 15 months old, in fact.

bluedevil2k 4y ago

All my kids got the vaccine and I even got a booster before I went to Israel.

kenny11 4y ago

The inactivated virus variant of the polio vaccine is still in the standard childhood immunization schedule in the US: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolesc...

LodeOfCode 4y ago

92.6% of children by age 24 months https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/immunize.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/immunize.htm

rco8786 4y ago

> it's not in the standard vaccine series for most in the US It absolutely is. It's low risk because everyone is vaccinated.

henryfjordan 4y ago

You might be thinking of the smallpox vaccine.

jefftk 4y ago
Or the oral (active) polio vaccine?
Frost1x 4y ago
Bingo, whoops. Not sure why I mixed up polio and smallpox but you nailed it.
- henryfjordan 4y ago
  When I saw the article I thought exactly the same thing. I had to check the Kaiser app, but apparently I have had 4 polio shots as a child. I don't have the smallpox vaccine though. I know my mom has a big scar on the inside of her arm from that one, so I am pretty sure they've phased that one out.

evanmoran 4y ago

I just confirmed both my kids have the polio vaccines from the standard set given to kids. The polio vaccine is called IPV (inactivated poliovirus) and usually comes in a bundle branded as PENTACEL which is “a 5-in-1 combination vaccine that protects against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio, and Haemophilus influenzae type B”.

NoNotTheDuo 4y ago

It's in the standard schedule for kids: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolesc... They get 3 doses before they turn 15 months old, in fact.