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What happens if a vaccine is given twice?
Is there any danger from receiving extra doses of a vaccine? Most of the time, your risk of serious side effects does not increase if you get extra doses of a vaccine. Getting extra doses of oral vaccines, such as rotavirus or typhoid, is not known to cause any problems.
What is a philosophical exemption?
DEFINITION OF TERMS A personal belief or philosophical exemption is a provision in the state law, which allows parents to exempt their children from the school vaccine requirement if it contradicts parental beliefs beyond those considered religious or spiritual beliefs.
What is the significance of Jacobson v Massachusetts?
Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the authority of states to enforce compulsory vaccination laws. The Court’s decision articulated the view that individual liberty is not absolute and is subject to the police power of the state.
Is it safe to get vaccinated twice for Covid?
Yes, absolutely. The biggest reason is because, to answer this question definitively, we need to know the duration of a person’s protective immunity from COVID-19. Essentially, after someone has recovered, can they get re-infected and, if so, are they potentially contagious to other people?
Can you get two different Covid vaccines at the same time?
Study after study has shown that people who receive two different COVID-19 vaccines generate potent immune responses, with side effects no worse than those caused by standard regimens.
What is a vaccination waiver?
A medical exemption is allowed when a child has a medical condition that prevents them from receiving a vaccine. All but three states offer nonmedical exemptions for religious or philosophical reasons.
Is Covid vaccine mandatory in MA?
BOSTON — Today, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) announced that, to protect the health of safety of its workforce, all employees will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination on or before October 26, 2021.
What happened to Salk’s polio vaccines?
Apparently, some of the vaccines may not have been produced according to Salk’s methods and still contained active type 1 poliovirus. Koprowski continued type 1 poliovirus vaccine trials in the former Democratic Republic of Congo, with some degree of success.
Who discovered polio was contagious?
However, it wasn’t until 1840 that a German doctor, Jacob von Heine, theorized that the poliovirus was contagious. The very first documented case of polio in America occurred in Rutland County, Vermont, shortly before the turn of the century. It eventually resulted in 18 deaths and 132 cases of permanent paralysis.
Why can’t we stop polio?
The shortage of clean water to drink, cook with, or maintain personal hygiene encourages its transmission. To this day, there’s still no cure for polio, but the vaccine is proving to be incredibly effective at preventing new outbreaks.