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SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, Juna 2, 195S Questions, Answers (Given on Problems Off Poflio Vaccine Editor's note: A series of govern ment actions and reports finally cleared away much of the confusion plaguing the nation's polio vaccina tion program. In the following dit patch. It is possible for the first time fn nearly seven weeks to provide of ficial answers for many of the ques , tions troubling parents. By MICHAEL J. O'NEILL United Preis Correspondent Washington (U.R) Many par ents are wondering what to do about polio shots for their child ren now that the government has given the signal for resumption of the inoculation program. Here are the main questions they are asking along with the answers provided by the public health service, leading polio ex perts, and other authorities: SAFETY Q. It Salle vaccina iafe? A The nation's top polio spe cialists have reexamined the basic formula and proclaimed it safe and effective. The Public Health Service has double checked all vaccine distributed so far and pronounced it gen erally safe. Only announced ex ceptions: Two suspect lots by Cutter Laboratories. Stiff new federal testing and manufactur ing standard were put into effect last week to make new batches extra safe. WHEN TO INJECT Q When is the best lime to have your children vaccinated? A A committee of - govern ment advisers, including Dr. Jonas E. Salk, said the best time is "before the epidemic season," which runs from mid-August to mid-September. But it said shots during a polio outbreak do have a place in preventive medicine. Q It it tafe. then, to go ahead with second shots this summer? A You should check with your private physician or with your local health authorities on this point. The Salk committee said second shots can be given during the height of the polio season "without appreciable con cern" because of the "slight im munity" provided by the first. Q What about first injections during the height of the polio season? A Authorities disagree. You should get the advice of your physician or local medical offic- Alva M. Perkins New Lions Leader Alva M. Perkins was recently elected Medford Lions ' club president, to succeed Bob Dames, Medford attorney who served the years of 1954-55. ' Perkins is manager of Con solidated Freightways here, and has been with the company 16 years. His wife is employed in the veterans county service of fice at the courthouse. His sons are Larry, a junior in Medford High school, and Jerry, a sopho more in Southern Oregon college. Perkins has resided in Med ford for seven years, being active in Lionism during that time. He has managed and coached the junior American Legion baseball teams for the past few years. Other officers elected were first vice-president, Dr. W- Al brant; second vice-president, Kenneth Campbell; secretary treasurer, Lee Knox; lion tamer, P. Smith; tail twister, Nick Gier, and directors, Don Mink ler, James McGoodwin and Art Handy. Eagle Point High Sets Graduation Tonight Eagle Point Commencement exercises for 50 Eagle Point High school seniors will be held at 8 p.m. today in the high school gymnasium. Kenneth Dodson, a Portland novelist, will be principal speak er. Alice Wilson will give the valedictory address, and Tessie Ragsdale and Kay McCorkle will give the salutatory address ials. The Salk committee said first injections should be given during an upswing in the polio season only after "careful con sideration" of the possible dangers. Many experts categorically op pose injections then, however, because of the known fact that shots of any kind at such a time often trigger paralysis in a per son where the polio virus has been incubating. Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, U. S. Surgeon General, personally fav ors going ahead with first injec tions on the grounds the chance of paralysis being triggered is "minor" compared to the ad vantage of being protected against possible polio. INTERVAL BETWEEN SHOTS Q Does the first shot have to be repeated if there is a long delay before the second shot is given? , A No. The ideal interval be tween first and second shots is two to six weeks but the second dose can be given with benefit months after the first. The first dose provides some immunity for as much as two years. The third shot should be given about seven months after the first dose, preferably shortly before next year's polio season. SUPPLIES Q Who gets first call on available vaccine supplies? A The 9,000,000 first and sec ond grade children being inocu lated free by the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis. Q Who comes after that? A Other children in polio's most susceptible age group five through nine years. Presi dent Eisenhower has asked that they be given top priority after the first and second graders. Q When will these various groups be taken care of? A Mr. Eisenhower expects enough vaccine will be released to finish the program for first and second graders by Aug. 1. There is no official estimate on how soon other children will get their shots but the govern ment expects vaccine supplies to pick up substantially after Aug. 1. NEEDY CHILDREN Q What about children whose parents can't afford to pay for shots? A Congress is expected to pass legislation requested by Mr. Eisenhower providing $28,000, 000 to buy vaccine for needy children. Some states are ar ranging to inoculate all their children free. CUTTER VACCINE Q What's wrong with Cutter vaccine? A The Public Health Service says there appears to be a "def inite association" between two Cutter lots and nearly 70 con firmed cases of polio among Cutter-inoculated children. But it said exhaustive tests so far have failed to prove the vaccine is to blame and that "we may never learn the cause of the incident." Q Is there any danger for Cutter-inoculated children who haven't come down with polio? A Scheele says no. He says children who received Cutter vaccine before it was withdrawn from the public April 27 pre sumably already would have come down with polio by now if they were going to get it. EFFECTIVENESS q What is the advantage of Salk vaccine? A Scheele says the chances of a vaccinated child getting polio are only about 1 in 6000. The chances of a non-vaccinated child contracting it, he said, are about 1 in 1700. Q Does the vaccine guaran tee a child against polio? A By no means. The field tests last year showed it is 60 to 90 per cent effective against the various types of polio not 100 per cent. Scientists say it is probably more effective this year because of the elimination of a defective preservative and other improvements. 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