RebekahWSD comments on CW: Picture of a severe vaccine injury, NSFL

CW: Picture of a severe vaccine injury, NSFL (thelemmy.club)

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[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago (9 children)

My mother has this scar, when she was vaccinated on a reservation.

She also remembers they'd give you a sugar cube with a different vaccine on it at the time. She tried to get it multiple times.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 points 6 months ago (8 children)

i think sugar cube was the polio vaccine, i believe they use that for polio virus.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Used. They don't do oral polio vaccines anymore AFAIK.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 6 months ago (5 children)

Do they even vaccinate against polio anymore I'm pretty sure I've never had a polio vaccine and I am pretty sure it's extinct isn't it?

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago

Polio has not been eradicated the way Smallpox has. There is no smallpox anywhere. There are Polio patients, relatively rare as they are.

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[–] toxoplasma0gondii@feddit.org 1 point 6 months ago

In Germany its part of the multi vaccine with like 5 others.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago

I'm no expert but at this point I think it's a pretty safe bet that things come back if you stop vaccinating against it.

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[–] Johandea@feddit.nu 1 point 6 months ago

Yes, it's recommended for every child. A total of four doses over five years.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -1 points 6 months ago

Polio is not extinct. There is polio in India and Africa. Smallpox may be extinct, because of the vaccine, which causes that scar.

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[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

She agrees, it was the polio vaccine in the sugar cube. She was also unable to get a second cube, as the small white girl in the bright red coat was very distinctive and they told her to stop trying to get another cube.

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