Fifty years ago today

[pegkerr]

The first polio vaccine was announced fifty years ago today. Thousands of Americans got polio, hundreds died, and thousands were condemned to lives of paralysis.

Last year there were only 1200 cases of polio world wide, and the hope is that it will eventually be totally eliminated.

THANK YOU, Jonas Salk.

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[jhetley.livejournal.com]

That announcement forced me to wince a little -- I was part of the original test population....

Pardon me, my gray hairs are showing.

(Side-effect -- I had to get the whole series of shots twice, because we never knew if I had the actual vaccine or the placebo in the trial.)