Talk:Poliomyelitis eradication

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[edit] polio vaccine myths europe

If you search Google for "polio vaccine myths europe" you find dozens of pages of largely the same text. They make a specific claims about what happened in the 50's and 60's in Europe with the aim of discrediting immunization. They specifically claim that:

"polio declined both in European countries that refused mass vaccination as well as in those that employed it"

"European countries that refused immunization for small pox and polio saw the epidemics end along with those countries that mandated it"

This page and the page on polio itself have clear information on what happened in the US. I think it would be very useful to add more solid information about the immunization efforts in the 50's and 60's in Europe.

A clear statement that indicates exactly and unequivocally why there is ZERO polio in all western countries would also be very useful. (Some people can't process lots of information - they need black and white statements. Here are the types of things they can understand and accept at face value - "did we ever really need vaccinations") CraigWyllie 16:50, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New article

I created a new article, Eradication of infectious diseases, which could use a lot of work if anyone is interested. There is a section on polio. --Ginkgo100^talk 17:59, 30 November 2007 (UTC)