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