Polio after the Vaccine
Original Post: I was vaccinated for Polio about 6 months before I got it. In that time in between I got the Measles, then a very bad Tonsillitis before getting Bulbar Polio in July 1958. Parents who don't allow their children to be vaccinated are causing more harm than just exposing their child to a "harmless" childhood disease.
Dr. Bruno’s Response: It could be that you got a bad batch of "Salk" vaccine and the tonsillitis made you vulnerable to bulbar infection by the poliovirus. The “Salk” vaccine was released in 1955 and there were still 10,000 cases of polio in the US in 1959!
Unfortunately, a 1960 commission found the "Salk" vaccine was only 72% effective and an unknown number of batches contained live poliovirus in the early distribution.