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Polio Vaccine Update: No Live Virus Since 2000!

Jun 12, 2025
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Dr. Alan Lindemann (Rural Doc Alan) shares: The U.S. started with the Salk vaccine (killed virus) Then switched to the live polio vaccine in sugar cubes Some people were paralyzed by the live vaccine In 2000, the U.S. returned to using only the inactivated Salk vaccine Since then: Zero cases of vaccine-caused polio #PolioVaccine #VaccineSafety #SalkVaccine #RuralDocAlan #PublicHealthEducation Dr. Alan Lindemann is an obstetrician with 4 decades of medical practice primarily in North Dakota. He has delivered around 6,000 babies and achieved a maternal mortality rate of zero! Dr. Lindemann has made it his mission to teach women and their families how to create the outcomes they want for their own health and pregnancy. Dr. Lindemann earned his medical degree from the University of North Dakota in 1977, is boarded by the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons and is a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Medical Association. He is the co-author of Modern Medicine: What You’re Dying to Know, a consumer action guide about how to navigate the United States healthcare system. Get Alan's newest book, Pregnancy Your Way: Choose A Safe And Happy Birth: https://a.co/d/69SrHca Follow Rural Doc Alan Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03biA9x3GUIiI3Eclo4QJG
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