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No, may. Even if you have zero known cases, you have not eradicated polio for sure because of the carriers and natural reservoirs and obscure little hidden villages. So you still need vaccines. And your own links point out that the attenuated vaccine can still be infectious!
To quote from one of the references:
What is a "contaminated natural source"? I am genuinely curious.
A variation on natural reservoir.