Untested polio vaccine results in spread of polio

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Here’s a story to make you think twice about any new vaccines being offered in the neighbourhood:

A polio vaccine introduced in mid-2005 in Uttar Pradesh (India) by the World Health Organization has failed to prevent 56 people from contracting polio, and there is even suggestion that the vaccine itself is the cause.

The kind of blame shifting and selective follow-ups reported remind me of The Constant Gardener.

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