Polio Eradication is Impossible When the Vaccine is the #1 Cause

"Look, you have some vaccines that are so amazing. The polio vaccine, I happen to think is amazing," President Donald #Trump declared on September 5, 2025, when pressed about Florida's plans to roll back school vaccine mandates¹.

Coming from a populist who once flirted with #vaccine skepticism, this emphatic praise for the #polio shot marked a stunning pivot. Just days earlier, Microsoft founder Bill #Gates had been given a prominent platform at a White House dinner, seated next to First Lady Melania Trump, where he lauded vaccines and spoke of "taking American #innovation to the next level to #cure and even #eradicate" #diseases like polio². That same week, Gates "said [Trump] mentioned polio" as an area for renewed effort³. Suddenly, a leading America First figure appeared to be echoing Gates and the global vaccine establishment, aligning with the one-sided, debunked #narrative that has dominated polio for decades. ....

https://sayerji.substack.com/p/why-trump-is-wrong-about-the-polio

Why Trump is Wrong About the Polio Vaccine: It is Far From Amazing, and Polio Eradication is Impossible Unless You Stop Vaccinating

Polio Eradication is Impossible When the Vaccine is the #1 Cause

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