Some Medical Mysteries

UIP Program cannot administer IPV because they are not medically trained personnel. Vaccine-associated Paralytic Poliomyelitis (VAPP) Cases Not Considered Polio CasesThe year 1999 onwards, acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases where wild poliovirus was detected in stool samples were considered polio cases; VAPP, polio-compatible cases, and vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) cases were discarded as non-polio cases.In the Bulletin of Polio Eradication Committee (PEC) of IAP in August 2006 issue on page 3, "The Editorial Desk" by the then President IAP and Chairman PEC, President Elect IAP, Convener PEC, and Co-convener PEC, it was stated: "In terms of numbers, India has reduced the incidence by 99.5%." 3 In the year 2005, there were 66 cases where wild poliovirus had been detected.The news reported by The Indian Express dated August 22, 2022, headlined "Polio in US/UK and Israel reveal rare risk of oral vaccine" stated: "Since 2017 there have been 396 cases of polio caused by the wild virus versus more than 2600 linked to oral vaccine according to figures from the WHO and its partner."A great mystery is that OPV did not cause polio disease (VAPP) from 1999 onwards in India, although it continued to cause VAPP all over the world.