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DISCUSSION 



MARCUS: I have great fear of the Jovian wrath that falls 

 on people who ask questions in the field of enterovirus and polio, 

 and I have to confess, in asking this question, I am very ig- 

 norant on the whole subject. I am a little confused on a point 

 here, though. You insinuated, I think. Dr. Reinhard, that a person 

 who has had an enteroviral disease can recover from it and still 

 excrete this virus as a carrier? 



REINHARD: For a period of several months. We don't know 

 actually how long, 



MARCUS: This is an active infection, but it is somewhat 

 similar in nature to what is done in immunizing with oral virus 

 against an enterovirus. If nobody is looking, 1 will say it, polio- 

 virus, I read in Readers Digest and Time that when you immunize 

 by this means, you destroy the excretion of virus, so you don't 

 pollute the water supply which comes from the sewage that you 

 don't get back from the tap, 



REINHARD: I wonder how well some of these concepts will 

 stand the test of time? 



MARCUS: I see. In other words, you feel that perhaps some of 



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