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re: Just how great was the Polio Vaccine?
Posted on 12/8/21 at 8:56 am to VADawg
Posted on 12/8/21 at 8:56 am to VADawg
quote:not in America it wasn’t
Polio was actually dangerous, especially to children.
At the time of the vaccine, roughly 500 Americans were dying of polio annually. That’s right, only 500
Better hygiene and sanitation already wiped polio out here
This post was edited on 12/8/21 at 8:58 am
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Posted on 12/8/21 at 8:59 am to lsupride87
quote:
not in America it wasn’t
At the time of the vaccine, roughly 500 Americans were dying of polio annually. That’s right, only 500
bullshite. My Uncle had polio and his legs were crippled from it. He wore braces all his life.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 9:00 am to lsupride87
I wasn't talking about Polio... I was talking about the vaccine for polio.
This post was edited on 12/8/21 at 9:01 am
Posted on 12/8/21 at 11:48 am to lsupride87
quote:
At the time of the vaccine, roughly 500 Americans were dying of polio annually. That’s right, only 500
Better hygiene and sanitation already wiped polio out here
This!!
Posted on 12/8/21 at 11:54 am to lsupride87
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At the time of the vaccine, roughly 500 Americans were dying of polio annually
not saying it's not true, but that's really hard to believe. I had two aunts and an uncle get it. Only one of the three lived.
Posted on 12/8/21 at 12:20 pm to lsupride87
I don’t dispute the relatively low death numbers but the quite real fear was the crippling - not the mortality rate.
LINK https://www.bartleby.com/essay/
quote:
Paralytic poliomyelitis, "polio", held a reign of terror over this nation for decades. But unless you were born before 1955, polio may seem to be just another ephemeral disease that has been nonexistent for years.
Those born before 1955 remember having a great fear of this horrible disease which crippled thousands of once active, healthy children.
This disease had no cure and no identified causes, which made it all the more terrifying. People did everything that they had done in the past to prevent the spread of disease, such as quarantining areas, but these tactics never seemed to work.
Polio could not be contained. Many people did not have the money to care for a family member with polio.
LINK https://www.bartleby.com/essay/
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