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How the Original Polio Vaccine Was Made

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Fact Checked

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  • During the 1950s, the inactivated polio vaccine created by Jonas Salk was made using rhesus monkeys that were infected with simian virus 40 (SV40), a monkey virus that was later linked to cancer in humans
 

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