It was never conclusively proven that polio was caused by a virus. The more likely candidate at the time was organophospate pesticides such as DDT.
You are impossible.
Also, DDT is not an organophosphate.
It was never conclusively proven that polio was caused by a virus. The more likely candidate at the time was organophospate pesticides such as DDT.
OK a) yes it was conclusively proven. The fact that you doubt that is concerning. b) you can absolutely have a vaccine without a virus. For ****'s sake, diptheria and tetanus both are vaccines against a toxin. They don't protect against the pathogen itself, just the toxins they produce (which cause the problems).It was never conclusively proven that polio was caused by a virus. The more likely candidate at the time was organophospate pesticides such as DDT. You can't sell a vaccine without a virus. I'm not going into this on this thread. I'll open another one later. I'll pick the lower hanging fruit such as the flu shot first.
OK a) yes it was conclusively proven. The fact that you doubt that is concerning. b) you can absolutely have a vaccine without a virus. For ****'s sake, diptheria and tetanus both are vaccines against a toxin. They don't protect against the pathogen itself, just the toxins they produce (which cause the problems).
The flu shot is a tricky one because there are definitely years where it doesn't work which does hurt its credibility. I personally recommend to it everyone, but I'm not nearly as strict about it as I am the childhood vaccinations.Having said that, I have worked with many healthcare professionals who didn't get the flu shot and in general had doubts or misgivings about vaccines.
SCOTUS came back recently that pharmacists couldn't use religion as a reason for refusing (emergency) contraception. Think they could equally rule for something like vaccinations? I don't think there are pharmacists out there refusing to vaccinate but I would argue that sharing such opinions can be just as harmful in the wrong hands.
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