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The polio vaccine is different though. First it is not a mrna vaccine, second it is ~100% efficient in case of 3 doses.

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/polio/hcp/effectiveness-dur...

"Two doses of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) are 90% effective or more against paralytic polio; three doses are 99% to 100% effective."




> The polio vaccine is different though.

We used the oral polio vaccine that has attenuated (aka ""live"") virus. A few years ago we switched to use only the injectable polio vaccine that has inactivated (aka "dead") virus.

For Covid-19, we use a mix of vaccines. Inactivated virus, vector virus and mrna. It was somewhat random, and each member of my family got a different mix. (I got AstraZeneca , AstraZeneca, Moderna.)

Reading only the description, a mrna vaccine looks safer than an attenuated virus vaccine. Anyway, all of them have been testen in clinical trials to ensure they are safe and effective. And anyway, the WHO is trying to use the polio attenuated virus vaccine as few as possible because there are some problems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio_vaccine#Schedule


I don't think parent was comparing vaccines, he was comparing attitudes towards vaccinations.

Old people (i.e. those who saw the benefit of polio vaccinations and the horrors of non-vaccination) should be more inclined to vaccinate.

Younger people, many of whom have never seen the value of vaccination in their lifetimes, might be more inclined to distrust vaccinations.




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