In reply to UNICEF Afghanistan (@UNICEFAfg):
Two drops 💧💧 of the #polio vaccine can protect a child for life.
@ajames_p along with @UNICEFAfg colleagues joined the launch of Afghanistan's first polio campaign of 2026, which will reach 12.6 million children from 13 to 16 April.
Together, we can #EndPolio.
Two drops 💧💧 of the #polio vaccine can protect a child for life.
@ajames_p along with @UNICEFAfg colleagues joined the launch of Afghanistan's first polio campaign of 2026, which will reach 12.6 million children from 13 to 16 April.
Together, we can #EndPolio.
Source: UNICEF Afghanistan (@UNICEFAfg)
[ https://x.com/UNICEFAfg/status/2043277508397941222 ]
Two drops 💧💧 of the #polio vaccine can protect a child for life.
@ajames_p along with @UNICEFAfg colleagues joined the launch of Afghanistan's first polio campaign of 2026, which will reach 12.6 million children from 13 to 16 April.
Together, we can #EndPolio.
Source: UNICEF Afghanistan (@UNICEFAfg)
[ https://x.com/UNICEFAfg/status/2043268983403757857 ]
Poliovirus
The following is Prof. Gareth Williams at Gresham College, lecturing on the development of the Polio vaccine.
I've shared (pinned) Vincent Racanello's 3rd year virology course.
I've shared (pinned) Worobey's Influenza lecture.
I have a few other good lectures I have not shared. This is one of them.
#Polio #Poliovirus #TIL #Virology #PublicLectures #Vaccines #Racanello #Worobey #Williams #TWiV
The surprisingly connected origins of "polio" and "appalling".
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #polio #appal #appalling
'Blind alleys are always opportunities': The scientist who developed the polio vaccine
On 12 April 1955, Dr Jonas Salk announced that his vaccine was safe and effective. It would go on to save countless lives – but he refused to profit from it. In 1982, Salk talked to the BBC about his breakthrough.
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260401-the-scientist-who-developed-the-polio-vaccine
Lucas Waldron and Patricia Callahan take a long, sobering look at what may well happen down the road if RFKJr gets his way with vaccines and vaccine makers stop making vaccines readily available for the American market. Their modeling of a possible trajectory looks at polio, measles, rubella, and diphtheria.
#vaccines #vaccination #polio #measles #rubella #diphtheria #Trump #RFKJr #healthcare
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https://projects.propublica.org/childhood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/
A worst-case scenario in a country without #vaccines
The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for #polio, #measles, #rubella or #diphtheria were no longer available.
When immunization rates drop plagues from the past can come roaring back, as measles has in American communities where parents decided not to vaccinate their children.
https://projects.propublica.org/childhood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/
Whjen will the UK maladministration work out that health is a global issue?
Afghanistan 🇦🇫
Maria De Agosto
QCCEクリス
Alliterative/Endless Knot
McDonald_69
William Lindsey 
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬
Wen