Evening star., 1962-09-17
POLIO
Foirfox County Plans
To Delay Program
POLIO


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by State health officials. It viii
be replaced by doses Of Type I
and Type II oral vaccine.
The State action came at q
special meeting in the capital
after the United States Public
Health Service on Saturday had
recommended q temporary halt
in use Of the Type III vaccine
for adults.
HOdge-POdge Reaction
Reaction elsewhere in the
Nation and In the Washington
area was q hodge-podge of de-
IciSions or announcement Of
wait and see" policies. The
PHS recommendation was that
Types I and II could be used
by people of all ages.
Meanwhile, the president of
the National Foundation said
the Governments sta cement
that Type III Sabin vaccine
was still recommended for chill
dren Is q scientific scandal"
Basil O'Connor-head Of the
foundation which financially
supported development Of the
Salk killed-virus vaccine and
the Sabin live-virus vaccine
said the Sabin vaccine is
catching"
This has been considered one
Of its virtues, In that tmmun-
ity can be spread like q disease.
O'Connor pointed out that Type
III vaccine given children
would spread to adults in their
families.
Thus. he said, II 1t is dan
gerous to give adults Type III
live virus directly. It is also
dangerous to give It to them
indirectly" - through their
children.
In q telephone interview
from New York, Mr.. O'Connor
also said that mass campaigns
with the new live vaccine were
"circuses."
Unfortunately the Type M
vaccine is the one that is be-
lieved to be most needed. Most
cases Of polio in the United
States in recent periods have
been caused by this strain Of
polio virus. (Thus far In 1862,
there have been two cases Of
polio In Washington, one Type
III and the other undeter-
|mined.)
The polio virus strain called
Type II seldom causes cases
today. The Type I strain of
virus is also less Of . problem
than Type III.
Arlington and Alexandria
have no program for use Of the
Sugar-coated anti-polio pills
but residents Of those areas
have been invited to take the
vaccine In neighboring COM
munities.
A check around the Nation
by the Associated Press indi-
Gated vaccine Types I and II
will continue to be used gen.
orally.
Surgeon General Luther
Terry announced the recon-
mendation Of the special ad-
visory committee to the Public
Health Service. 1t said that
III confirmed cases Of Type III
polio provided sufficient evi-
dence ito indicate that at least
some Of these cases have been
caused by Type III vaccines." !"
Celebrezze Cites Odds
Secretary Of Health, Educa-
ton and Welfare Anthony j.
Celebrezze, however, said on
q television program yesterday
that the odds are q million to
one against an adult who has
taken the Type III vaccine de-
veloping the disease. With these
odds, he said, he would be will
ing to take it himself.
DR.. Albert 3. Sabin, who de-
veloped the oral vaccine as an
alternative to DR.. Jonas Salk's
injected vaccine (Sabin uses
live virus and Salk employs
killed virus), urged that all
COMMUNICATIVE immunization
programs go on as scheduled.
In DR.. Sabin's home district,
Cincinnati. there was no prob
lem: Type III was gwen u
weeks ago on a mass basis and
there have been no cases Of
polio since.
Fairfax County reacted quick