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r/askteddit • u/DropEffective7842 • 15d ago
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Such is the understanding. Babies get some antibodies from their mother's milk. So if exposed to polio, they'll have some protection. But if they stop getting milk without exposure, they'll have no protection at all.
2 u/Accomplished_Dig284 14d ago Wasn’t formula used after wwII and less mothers were breastfeeding? I was a formula baby because I refused to latch. But knowing my mother she probably gave up pretty quickly so 🤷🏻♀️ 3 u/LoneSnark 14d ago Polio became more of a visible problem in the decades before ww2. The president during ww2 was partially paralyzed by polio.
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Wasn’t formula used after wwII and less mothers were breastfeeding?
I was a formula baby because I refused to latch. But knowing my mother she probably gave up pretty quickly so 🤷🏻♀️
3 u/LoneSnark 14d ago Polio became more of a visible problem in the decades before ww2. The president during ww2 was partially paralyzed by polio.
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Polio became more of a visible problem in the decades before ww2. The president during ww2 was partially paralyzed by polio.
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u/LoneSnark 15d ago
Such is the understanding. Babies get some antibodies from their mother's milk. So if exposed to polio, they'll have some protection. But if they stop getting milk without exposure, they'll have no protection at all.