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Polio at a glance:

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Polio is an infectious disease caused by a virus that lives in the throat and intestinal tract. It is most often spread through person-to-person contact with the stool of an infected person and may also be spread through oral/nasal secretions. Polio used to be very common in the United States and caused severe illness in thousands of people each year before polio vaccine was introduced in 1955. Most people infected with the polio virus have no symptoms; however, for the less than 1% who develop paralysis it may result in permanent disability and even death.”[1]

Why should I be concerned?

  • The polio vaccine is used throughout the world, but may be linked to serious negative effects including death.
  • The polio vaccine may cause patients to develop the disease.[2]
  • Research shows that the polio vaccine may not have caused the drop in polio incidence during the 20th century.[3]

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Vaccines and Immunizations: Polio Vaccination
2. Boy, 2, who contracted polio from vaccine, dies
3. Did the Polio vaccine eradicate Polio?

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