Lab tests show polio vaccine is not ‘Haram’

[rubyjackass]

I would like to see how many snake-bitten muslims, especially TTP mullahs would want to know if anti-venom injection is haram or halal before having it.

 

[VCheng]

^^

There is really something terribly wrong with this generation of muslims, who put more emphasis on putting left foot first inside the house is haram or halal than praying or fasting, there are probably 1% of muslim who do pray 5 times, fast 30 days and pay just Zakat...but they all agree on one thing...keeping beard and pulling shalwar above ankles is must for a muslim.



once I asked a very learned and normal Muslim if I see someone stealing my shoes while I am praying what should i do, he said break your namaz and run after him if your shoes is worth more than a rupee. Allah doesnt want you to suffer financially or mentally because of prayers.

May be these people think that Allah has willed a bright future for Pakistan in the Special Olympics of the future?

 

[rubyjackass]

Does anyone know what is the basis of considering polio vaccine haram?

You asked the right question. The moment we start doing labtest to placate idiots, they will keep wasting time and asking such stupid questions about everything inlife, whether it is halal or not. Instead we should ask them the basis for calling something haram.

 

[prashantazazel]

Oral polio vaccine (OPV)
By world health organization

OPV consists of a mixture of live attenuated poliovirus strains of each of the three serotypes, selected by their ability to mimic the immune response following infection with wild polioviruses, but with a significantly reduced incidence of spreading to the central nervous system. Three or more spaced doses of OPV are required to generate adequate levels of seroconversion. The action of oral polio vaccine (OPV) is two-pronged. OPV produces antibodies in the blood ('humoral' or serum immunity) to all three types of poliovirus, and in the event of infection, this protects the individual against polio paralysis by preventing the spread of poliovirus to the nervous system. OPV strains also produce a local immune response in the lining ('mucous membrane') of the intestines - the primary site for poliovirus multiplication. The antibodies produced there inhibit the multiplication of subsequent infections of 'wild' (naturally occurring) virus. This intestinal immune response to OPV is probably a reason why mass campaigns with OPV have been shown to stop person-to-person transmission of wild poliovirus. In very rare cases, the administration of OPV results in vaccine-associated paralysis associated with a reversion of the vaccine strains to the more neurovirulent profile of wild poliovirus. In a few instances, such vaccine strains have become both neurovirulent and transmissible and have resulted in infectious poliomyelitis.

yes, a better alternative is the injectible version. But the oral vaccine is cheaper, and is more effective in treating a mass epidemic- where everyone might not be vaccinated. The oral version can eradicate polio even with less than 100 %coverage.
The OPV has helped India eradicate new incidence of polio.
as a doctor, I would prescribe the IPV to an average patient. But when we are dealing with an epidemic,OPV wins hands down.