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To: Thomas M. who wrote (22757)4/22/2025 9:37:41 PM
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"Why did polio disappear at the same time in Europe, where they did not have mass vaccination?"
They didn't?

The history of polio vaccination with “Sabin's OPV” 60 ...

National Institutes of Health (NIH) (.gov)


by D ORSINI · 2024 · Cited by 2 — In the spring of 1964, polio vaccination with the oral vaccine developed by Albert Sabin began in Italy. Polio was feared in the world and in Italy.

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Cold War tensions and the polio vaccine

Wikipedia

Kindergarten children receive oral polio vaccine in 1960 in East Germany. A child receives oral polio vaccine in 1967 in West Germany.

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DOI

In December 1959, Hungary introduced into its national immunisation programme the Sabin vaccine, the live poliovirus vaccine that has been the tool of the ...