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There was another disease in which 95% of those infected had no symptoms. (Original Post) Kingofalldems Jul 2020 OP
Who is saying that 95% of Covid have no symptoms? dawg day Jul 2020 #1
Exactly. Kingofalldems Jul 2020 #2
Polio and Covid-19: Both can leave severe long term injuries Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #8
And you can appear to have recovered from polio dflprincess Jul 2020 #15
I didn't know that about polio Sanity Claws Jul 2020 #3
I didn't know it either. Kingofalldems Jul 2020 #4
Same here. ananda Jul 2020 #12
I did too agingdem Jul 2020 #5
As was my older brother oswaldactedalone Jul 2020 #6
What a beautiful story. Sanity Claws Jul 2020 #7
And no one else in the family caught it? mountain grammy Jul 2020 #9
No oswaldactedalone Jul 2020 #16
Before the polio vaccine was discovered, it was terrifying FakeNoose Jul 2020 #10
Polio symptoms could be so mild it was sometimes written off as a cold dflprincess Jul 2020 #13
Hilarious. I literally just looked that up an hour ago on Wikipedia. Lucky Luciano Jul 2020 #11
We don't have to tell them seta1950 Jul 2020 #14

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
1. Who is saying that 95% of Covid have no symptoms?
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 01:35 PM
Jul 2020

Trump lied and said 99%.

And of course, since asymptomatic people are still contagious, it's actually dangerous to have a lot of people walking around thinking they're safe.

agingdem

(7,759 posts)
5. I did too
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 01:53 PM
Jul 2020

when I was a young girl I had a crush on the most adorable boy..he didn't walk so much as lurch...I thought it was cool...he was a polio survivor...

oswaldactedalone

(3,489 posts)
6. As was my older brother
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 02:16 PM
Jul 2020

Our family was quarantined for 90 days. We couldn’t leave the house, and groceries and homework had to be brought in. While we couldn’t leave the house and weren’t crazy about it, we accepted it for what it was.

My brother was in bed for four months, could only get to the bathroom with us helping, then, like a bolt out of the blue, he got out of bed and walked into the kitchen as if nothing was wrong. It was an amazing recovery and he always attributed it to a miracle.

He wound up a starting QB on a winning high school football team and lived his life feeling like a very blessed person.

mountain grammy

(26,571 posts)
9. And no one else in the family caught it?
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 03:46 PM
Jul 2020

My husband’s uncle had polio as a child. No one else in the family caught it.

oswaldactedalone

(3,489 posts)
16. No
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 06:57 PM
Jul 2020

None of us did. We knew were at risk but our mom was an R.N. so we took all the precautions we could including frequent hand-washing and keeping our distance. Fortunately, we had a two story house with two bathrooms so that helped.

FakeNoose

(32,356 posts)
10. Before the polio vaccine was discovered, it was terrifying
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 03:54 PM
Jul 2020

Once the vaccine was made available to everyone (affordable and widely available) it was no longer so scary. I think that happened in the mid-1950's. Thank you Doctor Jonas Salk!



dflprincess

(28,057 posts)
13. Polio symptoms could be so mild it was sometimes written off as a cold
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 04:12 PM
Jul 2020

It could also be mistaken for scarlet fever. I always found the latter interesting as when my mom was little she had scarlet fever but my grandmother always thought the doctor was wrong as she had never seen scarlet fever like mom's. All ended well and mom went in for another 80 years with no signs it was polio, but I do wonder about that.

Lucky Luciano

(11,242 posts)
11. Hilarious. I literally just looked that up an hour ago on Wikipedia.
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 03:55 PM
Jul 2020

Except wiki said 70% were asymptomatic.

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