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RE: Pushing Back Against Pro-Vaccination Zealots
I am even more doubtful that pharmaceutical companies backed vaccine initiatives would simply have stopped giving vaccines for eradicated diseases. Has this even occured before?
There exists two eradicated diseases, smallpox and rinderpest. Cattle herds are no longer immunized against RPV, and Smallpox is taken out of the vaccination program long time ago.
I stand corrected. :cP
I am pleasantly surprised to hear that smallpox vaccinations are no longer being given. That eradicated diseases 'can' lead to reduced vaccinations is heartening to me.
Perhaps my suspicion is not as warranted as I had believed.
Thank you also for your upvotes @tobixen.
One possible justification for still vaccinating for smallpox would be to counter biological warfare ... but no, that's unheard of.
It took some few years from the last observed case of smallpox until they officially declared it eradicated, I suppose vaccinations were still given in that period.