05-21-2015, 07:13 PM
(05-21-2015, 06:59 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: In 1988:
- 125 countiries in the world still have polio
- 365,000 chilren are paralysed by polio.
- 18,000-36,000 children die of polio.
In 1988, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative begins immunising children.
In 2006:
- 4 countries in the world still have polio.
- 2,000 chilren are paralysed by polio.
- 100-200 children die of polio.
In other words, after 18 years of intensive polio vaccination, the incidence of polio was reduced by 99% and totally eliminated
from all but four countries, reducing paralysis per year from 365,000 to 2,000 and deaths per year from 18,000-36,000 to 100-200.
The vaccine can actually cause polio, but this occurs extremely rarely:
Every year in England and Wales:
- Over 2,000,000 doses of oral polio vaccine are given.
- There is 1 case of polio in someone who received the vaccine
- There is 1 case of polio caught from someone who was vaccinated.
- Before vaccination there were about 8000 cases of polio per year.
Thank you for showing us how well vaccinations work and proving my argument for me.
