{"id":28689,"date":"2020-07-18T20:18:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T10:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=28689"},"modified":"2020-07-18T20:18:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T10:18:12","slug":"did-the-polio-vaccine-reduce-polio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=28689","title":{"rendered":"Did The Polio Vaccine Reduce Polio?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"317\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Increased_Polio_Cases_After_Vaccine.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Increased_Polio_Cases_After_Vaccine.png 317w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Increased_Polio_Cases_After_Vaccine-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, let&#8217;s take a look at the data. Did the cases of polio decrease after the vaccine? Well, in fact, no. The chart to the left shows 5 states (MA, CT, NH, RI, VT) that were sampled show a whopping increase in polio after the vaccine ranging from 266% &#8211; 642%! \u2013Neil Z Miller The Polio Vaccine: A Critical Assessment of its Arcane History, Efficacy, and Long-term Health-related Consequences, 2004 via US Government Statistics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, according to CDC figures, every case of polio in U.S. since 1979 was caused by the polio vaccine or from foreigners bringing wild polio into the U.S. \u2013 CDC &#8211; Morbidity and Mortality Report, 1999<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1N5ePF6XPR5LmLGTjiBMpD5JfFJAm6JYJ68OyV5GJySw\/mobilebasic\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1N5ePF6XPR5LmLGTjiBMpD5JfFJAm6JYJ68OyV5GJySw\/mobilebasic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, let&#8217;s take a look at the data. Did the cases of polio decrease after the vaccine? Well, in fact, no. The chart to the left shows 5 states (MA, CT, NH, RI, VT) that were sampled show a whopping increase in polio after the vaccine ranging from 266% &#8211; 642%! \u2013Neil Z Miller The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=28689\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Did The Polio Vaccine Reduce Polio?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips","category-vaccines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28691,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28689\/revisions\/28691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}