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India-Pakistan
Three polio cases reported in Swat
2008-07-16
Tens of thousands of children in the district have been deprived of anti-polio drops due to the prevailing law and order situation in the district.
Three cases of polio were reported in the Aligram area of Kabal tehsil in Swat district on Tuesday. Sources told Daily Times that three of the suspected samples of blood sent by the Swat Health Department to Islamabad for tests were declared infected with polio virus, while 11 others were found negative. Tens of thousands of children in the district have been deprived of anti-polio drops due to the prevailing law and order situation in the district. Health Department sources said that many more cases of the disease might be detected in the militancy-hit areas of Kabal, Matta, Khwazakhela, and Charbagh, if the children were not administered polio drops on time.
Posted by:Fred

#7  It is a FACT. Polio Vaccines are Infidel Medicine...

YEP.. they prevent you from getting polio but after 10 to 20 weeks you become a Good Christian for life! /suckers
Posted by: Red Dawg   2008-07-16 22:17  

#6  #3 You only need it once.
Posted by: Fred 2008-07-16 11:58

The new vaccine, yes, you supposedly only need it once. I was part of the group in the South that got the shots in 1953-54. There were a series of three shots, then an annual booster until about 1960. Then they said they had a better vacccine, and you only needed it once. Got that one, too. When I joined the military, I got another series of shots for polio. When they came out with the oral vaccine, the military decided again that I needed it (several times, in fact). I haven't had polio, so I guess SOMETHING worked. It took the Air Force 10 years of poking me to decide to quit giving me smallpox vaccinations that did nothing, though. At least they got rid of the needle for polio vaccinations.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2008-07-16 21:40  

#5  I just had one dose as a child. But now I'm infertile, so maybe the imams and mullahs are right. Oh, I also had a vasectomy after three kids. So, it still could've been the vaccine


but mostly the snip job


Posted by: Frank G   2008-07-16 21:33  

#4  I think that it's a 3-shot sequence, Fred. They tend not to use the oral Sabin vaccine any more; that one's dangerous to people with hidden immune deficiencies.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2008-07-16 21:26  

#3  You only need it once.
Posted by: Fred   2008-07-16 11:58  

#2  Does the polio vaccine only work when you are a kid?
I can't remember getting a booster or anything for polio for the last 30 years.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-07-16 11:13  

#1  That's prolly cause you ran off the aid workers that were trying to vaccinate you at the end of a AK-47.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-07-16 11:11  

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