tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318845656175069186.post1345393306677322941..comments2024-02-05T09:59:50.661+02:00Comments on Tarek Chemaly's Archives: Polio is back to Syria - لقحوا اطفالكم لا ينفع الندم (UPDATED)Tarek Chemalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887575098159705742noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318845656175069186.post-48741911084104394462013-11-02T16:21:52.438+02:002013-11-02T16:21:52.438+02:00This is not to say that vaccines do not work. Of c...This is not to say that vaccines do not work. Of course they do. The fact that Syria was not an endemic country for polio prior to now (only three countries, Afganistan, Pakistan, Nigeria) says that the issue in Syria is directly related to war and poor sanitation. <br />Afganistan of course, it is the war. And in Pakistan remember that polio vaccine efforts were used by the US to track Bin Laden by collecting DNA on kids who were being vaccinated. Not exactly a vote of confidence in public health campaigns. Not sure what the issue in Nigeria is. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com