Polio Vaccine Blues
Dhanya Dharmapalan and Norbert Hirschhorn
Children become lame,
cannot jump or play.
WPV* and OPV^ both cause polio.
IPV+ prevents polio
Mothers told drops will protect.
Anti-vaxxers hate vaccines that protect.
WPV and OPV both cause polio.
IPV prevents polio
1988: Eradication declared against
but shifting dates again and again.
WPV and OPV both cause polio.
IPV prevents polio
OPV easy-peasy once upon a time,
now must be given too many times
Parents object, “What’s with this polio?”
IPV prevents polio