Show Polio safeguard stressed by medical group Polio protection should be secured before the polio season and not during according to Harold executive secretary of the Utah State Medical The polio season is late spring and early so the time for protection Is now and the medical leaders urge all especially those under 50 years of to get the optimal protection now by using the Salk This should consist of three basic injections and one or more Special emphasis should continue to be placed on pre-school children and young adults not previously fully Utah has a comparatively good record for polio protection but there are still far to many who have not secured the easy safeguard to this dread points out No one can afford to take a chance with this great that has been definitely curtailed but certainly not The oral polio vaccines will be produced in three They should be given orally and separately at intervals of not less than four to six As the various types of oral vaccine will be licensed separately and will become available for use at different times in the it raises a question about their use at this Type I lias been licensed and will presently be available for The addition of Type I Sabin vaccine to the Salk program as an additional step is because it has been demonstrated that this will increase the number of persons with When all the Savin oral vaccines II and are physicians will take the lead in supporting and participating in community vaccination Such to be will require the active cooperation of various community organizations participating with county medical societies to eliminate paralytic County med- ical societies will determine the type of program best suited to their own local needs and in keeping with the resources available to eliminate the x |