Abstract
To the Editor: The Perspective article by Chumakov et al. (Feb. 16 issue)1 articulates the discontent of many observers, including us. We agree that “the use of OPV [oral polio vaccine] must also be stopped” to eradicate polio. Eliminating wild poliovirus circulation with OPV and eliminating vaccine-virus polio with the use of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) is a time-tested model, illustrated by Norway (1979), France (1988), Germany (1989), the United States (2000), New Zealand (2002), the United Kingdom (2004), and Malaysia (2008).2 We question two of the authors’ statements. The first is that “policy decisions must be based on solid .
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