Vaccine derived polio in Philippines

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https://www.abc27.com/health/philippine ... ssion=true
WHO and UNICEF said in a joint statement the polio outbreak in the Philippines is concerning because it is caused by vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2.
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https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/19/heal ... index.html

“Vaccine-derived polio happens when live strains of poliovirus that are used in the oral poliovirus vaccine mutate, spread and, in rare cases, trigger an outbreak. Most of the time the virus dies off but it can sometimes spread in an area where there is low vaccination coverage.
"If a population is not sufficiently immunized, the weakened virus can continue to circulate. The longer it is allowed to survive, the more changes it undergoes. In rare instances, the virus can change to a vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV), a form that has regained the ability to cause paralysis," WHO said.
"Poorly conducted immunization activities, when too few children have received the required three doses of polio vaccine, leave them susceptible to poliovirus, either from vaccine-derived or wild polioviruses. Full immunization protects them from both forms of the virus," it added.”

So yeah, we need a highly vaccinated population to prevent this from happening in other places! I’m guessing you sort this was some sort of support for anti-vaccination arguments, but it’s the complete opposite. It is because things like this can happen that we need a properly vaccinated population.
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Or maybe it’s to show that mistakes can be made in regards to decision making.


There’s an inactivated polio vaccine and an active virus vaccine.
Momto2boys973 wrote: Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:38 am https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/19/heal ... index.html

“Vaccine-derived polio happens when live strains of poliovirus that are used in the oral poliovirus vaccine mutate, spread and, in rare cases, trigger an outbreak. Most of the time the virus dies off but it can sometimes spread in an area where there is low vaccination coverage.
"If a population is not sufficiently immunized, the weakened virus can continue to circulate. The longer it is allowed to survive, the more changes it undergoes. In rare instances, the virus can change to a vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV), a form that has regained the ability to cause paralysis," WHO said.
"Poorly conducted immunization activities, when too few children have received the required three doses of polio vaccine, leave them susceptible to poliovirus, either from vaccine-derived or wild polioviruses. Full immunization protects them from both forms of the virus," it added.”

So yeah, we need a highly vaccinated population to prevent this from happening in other places! I’m guessing you sort this was some sort of support for anti-vaccination arguments, but it’s the complete opposite. It is because things like this can happen that we need a properly vaccinated population.
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