In a message dated 7/6/98 9:49:02 PM Central Daylight Time, writes: > I admit to missing the beginning of all the IPV vs OPV discussion...But > when are "they" going to give up an immunization to Polio altogether!?? > According to most "experts" at recent ID meetings I have attended (NYC and > Boston..) "they" really don't have a good answer for this one!! It's my understanding that this will occur when Polio is eradicated globally. The target for this is, I believe, the year 2000. Of course, it will be awhile after that before we can be certain that erradication has been effective. > And especially since the "all IPV" schedule doen't cover "wild virus" at > all......and it seems the only Polio seen in the USA is vaccine related (OPV). You lost me on this one. Both OPV and IPV give protection against the wild type polio virus very well. That is why they have been so effective that in the U.S. the only polio that is occuring is that due to OPV. > I'd vote for neither if I had any "say " in it!!! I might vote for "either", but never for "neither". Let's not let our defenses down until we're sure the enemy cannot raise it's ugly head again. Ken Setter M.D. Tulsa, OK