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dflprincess

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8. So, just curious, and I hope this question isn't too dumb

Reply to Paka (Reply #7)

Fri Nov 8, 2013, 11:42 PM

Nov 2013

Does the Sabin vaccine provide permanent immunity or, if outbreaks become more widespread, will we need to get boosters?

I'm assuming, because it's a live vaccine, that we don't - but there are other vacs we thought were permanent and now have found out they aren't (mostly I'm thinking of pertussis).

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So, just curious, and I hope this question isn't too dumb dflprincess Nov 2013 #8

Excellent question! Paka Nov 2013 #9

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