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Milestones Towards the Eradication of Polio

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / November 14, 2018 January 19, 2019 / AFM, AFP, Albert Sabin, Amish, Bob Sears, cVDPV, David Salamone, DDT, eradicated diseases, Global Polio Eradication Initiative, iron lung, John Enders, John Salamone, Jonas Salk, March of Dimes, polio, polio myths, polio outbreaks, polio survivor, polio vaccines, post-polio syndrome, provocation polio, Robin Cavendish, VAPP

Because you likely don’t remember much about polio and may have never known anyone who had polio, it is an easy target for propaganda by anti-vaccine folks.

Do Vaccines Cause Acute Flaccid Myelitis?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / October 3, 2018 December 10, 2018 / acute flaccid myelitis, ADEM, AFM, AFP, enterovirus, EV-D68, non-polio AFP, polio, propaganda, transverse myelitis, vaccine injury

Have you heard about the outbreaks of acute flaccid myelitis that have been occurring since 2014?

Is AFM a Form of Transverse Myelitis?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / October 27, 2018 October 27, 2018 / Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis, acute flaccid paralysis, ADEM, AFM, AFP, causation, encephalitis, GBS, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, myelitis, package inserts, transverse myelitis, Vaccine Misinformation

AFM is not transverse myelitis and neither is caused by vaccines.

The Myth That Polio Only Went Away Because They Changed the Way It Was Diagnosed

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / July 25, 2018 August 7, 2018 / acute flaccid paralysis, AFP, Albert Sabin, cherry picking, conspiracy theories, eradicated diseases, Global Polio Eradication Initiative, graphs, Greenberg Gambit, Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Jonas Salk, non-polio AFP, polio, polio eradication, polio myths, polio survivor, polio vaccines, transverse myelitis, vaccine myths, vaccines work

Could the control and elimination of polio have been faked by simply changing the criteria we use to diagnosis kids with paralytic polio?

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Milestones Towards the Eradication of Polio

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