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“However, when I consulted doctors, they put my fears to rest and assured that the OPV was safe,” she added. The fears of another polio outbreak are unfounded and imaginary,” paediatrician Jayant Joshi said. Both polio vaccines, injectable as well as oral are safe and their use should be continued,” he said.A parent, who received an anti-OPV message on social media, said she was alarmed by the tone of the message. “The immunization against polio should continue as per the immunization schedule. “In our country, due to a large birth cohort, the government machinery is not able to adequately provide enough injectable polio doses, due to which OPV is been given as an alternative..