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Jun 8, 2021 • 7 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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The 'fact check' by @the_hindu on PM’s remark on the history of vaccination in India ends up further exposing past governments' failures.

If we check out the timeline for major vaccines introduced in the world & in India we'll get all the 'facts' at one place!

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Small Pox was eradicated in North America & Europe by 1953.

Small Pox was eradicated in India in 1975!

The article itself recognizes that!

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Small Pox Vaccination Drive in India - A Recap
- Drive relied heavily on global support
- Took almost 2 decades to achieve self-sufficiency of the freeze-dried vaccine
- Bifurcated needles required for vaccination were provided by WHO!

Read: zero-pox.info/other_docs/bri…

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North America & Europe had eradicated Small Pox by 1953.

It took more than 20 years for India, i.e. till the year 1974-1975 to become self-sufficient in freeze-dried smallpox vaccine!

Before that, we were receiving millions of ampoules in support from USSR!

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Polio Drive - the article claims how the vaccine was available in the US in 1960, but India's vaccination with OPV started in 1979

"IPV was not licensed for manufacturing in India till 2006". Why?

Vaccines had to be imported. For years! Why?

Read : ijmr.org.in/article.asp?is…
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Hepatitis B - The US started their vaccination process in 1982. In India, Hepatitis B was added to the immunization programme only in 2002 - 20 years later!

No 'fact checks' there, convenient omission in the article.

Read more: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

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Hey @the_hindu, did you know?

- India developed not just 1, but 2 #MadeInIndia vaccines for COVID-19, in 1 year
- Today 7 companies in India are producing diff types of vaccines
- Trial of 3 more going on in an advanced stage
- Over 23 crore doses already administered!

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