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Comment by koonsolo | original | Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise

[−]koonsolo · 2026-07-02 Thu 06:05 UTC · link

In Belgium, the polio vaccine is mandatory, and rightly so.

I'm willing to bet that in the next 20 years, some kid in the western world will suffer the consequences of polio, because of the anti-vax lunatics.

[−]cedws · 2026-07-02 Thu 07:08 UTC · link

The polio vaccine is much older and as far as I could find has never had a death attributed to it. COVID vaccines are newer, and their safety profile was not fully understood when they were rolled out.

[−]koonsolo · 2026-07-02 Thu 07:52 UTC · link

Therefore the COVID vaccines were also not mandatory.