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Polio
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...The man changed the course of a bad history...he prevented millions of heartaches and a lot of suffering...I was very young but I remember standing in a line for what seemed a long time, then taking the vaccines on a sugar cube...
I also remember getting the vaccine and am thankful for it. Polio is a sneaky nefarious disease. An older friend of mine (83) had polio as a child and supposedly recovered from it when he just a young boy. Fast forward 60 years and this friend developed adult onset polio that was caused by his original infection. Fortunately it didn't progress as far as the iron lung stage but it sure put a damper on his retirement. Bob
I am a polio survivor. In 1950, there was no such thing as a vaccine available. Luckily it was a mild case that affected the Left side of my back. I recovered enough to pass the military physical and served 4 years. When the Sabin oral vaccine was brought out in 1961, I volunteered to help distribute it to all the outlying towns around our area. It had to be kept frozen until used, and we carried it in special dry ice cooled containers. We had police escorts several times.