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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.

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

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

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?

Did Modern Ventilators Replace the Iron Lung for Folks with Polio?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / July 25, 2018 July 25, 2018 / AFP, iron lung, Martha Lillard, Mona Randolph, non-polio AFP, Paul Alexander, polio, polio eradication, polio myths, polio survivor, polio vaccines, Robin Cavendish, Suzanne Humphries, VAPP, ventilators

Thanks to vaccines, most folks will only see an iron lung in a museum and read about polio in history books.

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Milestones Towards the Eradication of Polio

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