Can polio be eradicated on stopping of polio vaccine?

As the global polio eradication initiative nears its ultimate goal of stopping circulation of all wild polioviruses, the questions of if and how OPV vaccination can be stopped have become increasingly important. Why must OPV vaccination be stopped? read more

Yes,Every disease can eradicated.But practically it's next impossible. Here we can better say polio can be eliminated rather than eradicated, on stopping of polio vaccine. read more

Fact 5: Cheap and effective vaccines are available to prevent polio There are 2 forms of vaccine available to ward off polio - oral polio vaccine (OPV) and inactivated polio vaccine (IPV). Because OPV is an oral vaccine, it can be administered by anyone, even volunteers. One dose of OPV can cost as little as 14 US cents. read more

If he swam in the Hudson River, which many people did at that time, he might have been infected by polio that was in raw sewage that entered the Hudson. 3. another problem, live polio virus vaccine which can cause outbreaks due to the live polio virus in the vaccine. read more