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Why Arabs and Muslims do not vaccinate against Polio?

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Submitted by Susya Bar Dror (Israel), Feb 19, 2012 at 03:05

Because a Jew, Jonas Salk discovered and developed the vaccine. I do not know about any other reason.

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