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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Warpy

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1. That's really interesting

Reply to TZ (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 02:31 PM

Jul 2012

The main vaccine that the world is desperate for that would be stable at warm to hot temperatures is the polio vaccine. While the oral vaccine is heat stable, it also contains live cultures that result in adult cases of polio transmitted by fecal/oral transmission from recently immunized young children in bush areas with nonexistent sanitation.

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Why Silk May Be Added To Vaccines Someday [View all] TZ Jul 2012 OP

That's really interesting Warpy Jul 2012 #1

The link doesn't work for me, but frogmarch Jul 2012 #2

Your link is broken by the period at the end. drm604 Jul 2012 #3