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The Inactivated Polio Vaccine Does Not Convey Mucosal Immunity
The WHO is phasing out the use of the oral polio vaccine. It's predicted to cost $7 billion between just 2013 and 2019 to keep this eradication effort going. In areas where there is absolutely no circulating wild polio, you're better off with the IPV because the side effects are far less.