The oral polio vaccine contains a liveĀ polio virus and has been linked to polio-like paralysis. Polio vaccines used inĀ other countries do not include the live virus, but polio vaccines used in IndiaĀ do.
The doctors provided other troublingĀ details in their report:
āIn 2011, there were an extra 47500 new cases of NPAFP [in India].Ā Clinically indistinguishable from polio paralysis but twice as deadly, theĀ incidence of NPAFP was directly proportional to doses of oral polioĀ received.ā
Ajay Khera, theĀ Deputy CommissionerĀ for Child Health and Immunisation for the Ministry of Family and Health WelfareĀ (MHFW), downplayed the significance of the findings in an interview with TehelkaĀ News. In reference to the rise in paralysis cases, he said, āItās not anĀ alert sign but indicative of the quality of the surveillance.ā
However, increases in surveillanceĀ quality over time do not explain the strong location-based correlationĀ discovered by Vashist and Puliyel. According to the report:
āIn the states of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar, which have pulseĀ polio rounds nearly every month, the non-polio AFP rate is 25- and 35-foldĀ higher than the international norms.Ā The relationship of the non-polio AFP rateĀ is curvilinear with a more steep increase beyond six doses of OPV in one year.ā
Vashist and Puliyel were also concernedĀ by the lack of attention that the polio survey administrators gave to theĀ paralysis results:
“Though this data was collected within the polio surveillanceĀ system, it was not investigated⦠It is sad that, even after meticulousĀ surveillance, this large excess in the incidence of paralysis was notĀ investigated as a possible signal, nor was any effort made to try and study theĀ mechanism for this spurt in non-polio AFP.ā
In addition, otherĀ medical professionals are skepticalabout the claim that the paralysis casesĀ are not linked to polio. āDid they misclassify NPAFP when they denied that theĀ increase in vaccine doses is related to the increase in NPAFP cases?āasked Dr SKĀ Mittal, former professor and Head of Pediatrics at Indiaās Maulana Azad MedicalĀ College.
Drug companies and regulators have longĀ known about the harmful effects of the oral polio vaccine that includes the liveĀ virus. In 1976,Ā vaccine inventor Jonas Salk admitted to the United StatesĀ Congress that the live polio vaccine was the āprincipal if not sole causeā ofĀ all reported polio cases in the U.S. since 1961, accordingĀ to Salem News.
The website for the U.S. Centers forĀ Disease Control (CDC) also describes the paralyzingĀ side effectsof the oral polio vaccine:
“From 1980 through 1999, there were 162 confirmed cases of paralyticĀ polio reported. Of the 162 cases, eight cases were acquired outside the UnitedĀ States and imported… The remaining 154 cases were vaccine-associated paralyticĀ polio (VAPP) caused by live oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV).ā
The debilitating ā and sometimes deadly ā side effects of the oral polio vaccine led the U.S. to stop using it in 2000,Ā the NewĀ York Times reported. However, many governments around the world stillĀ administer the dangerous vaccine to their citizens. Despite the grave concernsĀ that have been raised, the vaccine manufacturers and the health agencies theyĀ have partnered with around the world are shifting the oralĀ polio vaccination effort into high gear ā and there are no signs ofĀ stopping
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