Neil Young Almost Died Of Polio As A Kid

[kpete]

According to his 2012 memoir Waging Heavy Peace, the “Harvest Moon” singer was diagnosed with polio in 1951 and spent time in Toronto’s Sick Children’s Hospital as he battled the life-threatening disease. He ultimately recovered, though the disease left him with a slight limp.

The polio vaccine was first widely disseminated in 1955, and Young was one of the beneficiaries. As he recently wrote on his website, “I was vaccinated for POLIO at my school in Canada. Nothing new about vaccines. They have been there for a long time. Like me! Trust Science.”

https://consequence.net/2022/01/neil-young-polio-battle-covid-disinformation/

[Farmer-Rick]

1. Wow, I did not know that

I was born a few years after the polio vaccine was available.. What a difference a few years can make in your life.

God it makes me so worried about my anti-vaxxer stepdaughter. She has 3 beautiful little girls that she has never gotten vaccinated for anything. She homeschools and so far none of them have caught anything worse than chicken pox. But good luck, herd immunity and country living only go so far.

Of course she and her hubby have had all their vaccines, except for adult vaccines. We and his parents made sure of it. I could never be comfortable knowing my children were so vulnerable to disease. I worry about those kids. They don't get a choice. It seems like child abuse to me.

[demigoddess]

5. chicken pox can lead to shingles which is terrible!!!!but they have a

SHINGLES VACCINE!!!

[ms liberty]

2. Join Mitchell also. I noticed the media omitting that detail from the narrative as well. n/t

[underpants]

3. Love Neil Young stories.

He was on his way out of LA when he happened to run into Stills. They sort of knew each other. Stills invited him to come play with his band a bit and otherwise Neil would have been going back to Canada.

[winetourdriver01]

4. I didn't know that either.

It gives us something in common. I caught it in '52, almost died. I'm still here, and walking, and the doctors don't have a clue as to why.

[TheProle]

6. What was his stance on misinformation

When he was contributing to the AIDS scare in the 80s?

[IcyPeas]

7. Neil Young also has 3 children with disabilities.

[Skittles]

8. he had two kids with cerebral palsy from two different women

the odds of that happening are astronomical....there was a time when Neal thought he was at fault due to a hard drinking and drugging past but a geneticist set him straight

his other child I believe has epilepsy