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jmowreader

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5. They have some Type 2 virus in stock. The vaccine going to the general public doesn't contain it.

Reply to LonePirate (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 18, 2016, 02:33 PM

Apr 2016

Polio is a live vaccine. Their fear is, if Region A vaccinates for Type 2 and Region B does not, an escape of Type 2 virus (from an accident, a terrorist attack or deliberate sabotage) from Region A could cause an outbreak of Type 2 polio in Region B.

If a Type 2 outbreak happens, they can go to the United States Army (who vaccinates against all sorts of weird shit...thanks to the Army I am immune to smallpox, bubonic plague, anthrax, cholera and rabies) and get all the Type 2 polio vaccine they need.

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The world is changing its polio vaccine [View all] jmowreader Apr 2016 OP

I didn't realize there was more than one strain of polio. JonathanRackham Apr 2016 #1

Hmmm... Is this a wise decision? LonePirate Apr 2016 #2

I imagine that particular virus is extinct Ron Obvious Apr 2016 #3

They have some Type 2 virus in stock. The vaccine going to the general public doesn't contain it. jmowreader Apr 2016 #5

Oral polio vaccine is used in populations that still have polio. LeftyMom Apr 2016 #6

zOMFG! We're all gonna get teh autism!!!11!111!!!1!! KamaAina Apr 2016 #4