Question 1

what is the polio vaccine sugar cube?

Accepted Answer

Oral polio vaccine: Aka sabin vaccine.  The oral polio vaccine is no longer used in the United States.  U.S. Now exclusively uses salk inactivated (killed) polio vaccine.

Question 2

which polio vaccine did we take in the united states as the sugar cube?

Accepted Answer

Vaccine in sugar cub: That was the oral polio vaccine which was administered in sugar cube about 50 years ago.

Question 3

which polio vaccine do we use today? if i took sugar cubes, do i need vaccine again?

Accepted Answer

IPV: Today, we use an injectable form of poliovirus vaccine, known as ipv.  No longer is the oral polio vaccine used in the United States.  If you had the oral polio virus vaccine, you do not need to be re-vaccinated.

Question 4

what type of vaccine is the polio vaccine?

Accepted Answer

2 types: There are two types of polio vaccines in the world. The oral type is a live-virus vaccine, but is no longer used in the U.S. Since domestic cases of polio no longer occur (because of the success of the oral polio vaccination program). We use the "inactivated" polio vaccine, which is not alive, and is given as a shot. The shot cannot cause polio disease.

Question 5

why is the oral polio vaccine better than the shot?

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Is it?: For the most part, there is no difference but the usa stopped using the oral vaccine because there was no polio except that caused by the oral vaccine.

Question 6

is there any reason to get the polio vaccine again?

Accepted Answer

Polio vaccine: Incompletely immunized children and adults should receive remaining doses of polio vaccine as required for protection against the disease.

Question 7

may a child get sick after taking oral polio vaccine?

Accepted Answer

Very Rarely: The oral polio vaccine is the live polio vaccine that was previously given in the usa and is still used widly throughout the world, particularly in areas with significant problems with the wild polio virus.  It is highly effective. In rare cases, the administration of OPV results in vaccine-associated paralysis associated with the reversion of the vaccine strains to the wild poliovirus profile.

Question 8

why is the oral polio vaccine better than another form?

Accepted Answer

See below:: Opv is better at stopping the spread of the virus to others, but now that wild (natural) polio has been eliminated from the western hemisphere, this advantage is no longer a consideration in the United States. Ipv has been used exclusively in the United States since 2000. However, in other countries where wild polio is still a threat, OPV is still used.

Question 9

how has the polio vaccine provided new hope for long-time workers?

Accepted Answer

Confusing question: Your question is confusing, the polio vaccines (there have been several) have dropped the incidence of polio in industrialized countries to  near zero.In its peak days polio often effected someone in your family or someone you knew.Today the whole population of the country benefits.What this has to do with long time workers is not evident.

Question 10

if a child already took the oral polio vaccine, is it still desirable he get the injection as well?

Accepted Answer

Depends:: If enough doses were administered at appropriate times, injectable vaccine may not be necessary.

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