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2023-03-23 00:18:37 UTC - HELPFUL
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Oral vaccines contain a live virus. Many countries that eliminated polio switched to injectable vaccines containing a killed virus decades ago to avoid such risks. Polio has been eliminated from the United States thanks to widespread polio vaccination in this country. https://apnews.com/article/polio-burundi-epidemic-africa-vaccine-d7489fbf1bd75f8612672414d9a5f2c0 https://www.cdc.gov/polio/why-are-we-involved/index.htm#:~:text=Polio%20has%20been%20eliminated%20from,originated%20in%20the%20United%20States.
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