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While U.S. health officials still rely exclusively on Salk killed-virus vaccine in the fight against poliomyelitis, a dozen countries around the world are testing live-virus preparations-all developed, ironically, in the U.S. Early results are highly promising, and so far no ill effects have been reported despite the seemingly greater danger with live virus...
...danger of severe outbreaks of paralytic poliomyelitis is greater this year than last because of public apathy about getting Salk shots, experts warned at a Manhattan meeting called by the National Health Council. Manufacturers are having to destroy tons of vaccine, outdated because of the demand lag. Most exposed age group: children under one year old (only 29% vaccinated), while fewer than 50% under five have had three shots. Best protected are children from five to 14. There is a big drop in vaccinations in the upper teens, but the worst is in the 20-39 age group with...
Those who had three polio shots over a year ago were also urged to come for a booster shot on Mondays or Tuesdays from 2 to 3 p.m. or Wednesdays or Thursdays from 10 to 11 a. m. Those who have not yet had all three Salk shots are asked to report very soon. Parental permission is advised...
...idea that many people do not respond to the vaccine is wrong, Dr. Salk reported on the basis of elaborate studies; such people are few. This knocks out the usual excuse for the commercial vaccine's failures. So the mass-produced vaccine must be beefed up to the potency level of his laboratory brand. But Dr. Salk also conceded defects in the design of the vaccine itself. It contains three strains of polio virus for the three broad types that can independently cause disease- Mahoney for Type I, MEF-1 for Type II. and Saukett for Type III. About...
...protection for 50 million Americans under 40 who still have had no vaccine or only an odd shot. This will mean wiping out pockets of epidemic potential, now found mainly in low-living-standard areas, such as the Detroit slums that bred 1958's deadliest outbreak. Simultaneously, Dr. Salk recommended a fourth or booster shot for those who have already had three. (Though some nervous-Nellie parents have had their children jabbed seven or eight times, this apparently does no good: the fourth shot gives antibody levels as high as they can be pushed...