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sarge43

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49. Same here

Sat Jul 10, 2021, 04:25 PM

Jul 2021

When the Salk vacc became available, I think my feet hit the ground twice between home and the doctor's office. My mother had to live with dreading every summer between 1930 (my brother's birth year) and me (1943) until the mid 50's. It was commonplace to know someone who suffered polio infection - family, friends, school mate

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I am not all that old, only in my early 50's, but I am one generation removed [View all] dsc Jul 2021 OP

A trenchant analysis indeed dsc Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2021 #1

My dad's o!der brother JustAnotherGen Jul 2021 #4

I was right on hte cusp - one of my classmates in school had polio csziggy Jul 2021 #2

Trump is a new twist on Jimmy Jones and his cult. wnylib Jul 2021 #20

Yes csziggy Jul 2021 #22

A friend of mine was raised in a Christian Scientist family leftieNanner Jul 2021 #51

She was fortunate to live when those childhood diseases were less common csziggy Jul 2021 #52

This is all true, but on the other side of that coin, apparently there were the EXACT same Scrivener7 Jul 2021 #3

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2021 #9

I'm old enough to remember when there was no vaccine Ocelot II Jul 2021 #5

Same here sarge43 Jul 2021 #49

Polio ran through the officers housing at Fort Des Moines when I was young. My playmate ended up SharonAnn Jul 2021 #56

Recommended. H2O Man Jul 2021 #6

In the 1950's Ike was President and we had overcome the Depression and Hitler/Tojo... TreasonousBastard Jul 2021 #7

Hi dsc! MuseRider Jul 2021 #8

I also remember the swine flu vaccine. Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #11

I was working for the city. MuseRider Jul 2021 #13

I'd just come home from school and I don't remember getting it, just that I did, we all did Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #19

There was problems with that vaccine Raine Jul 2021 #15

I googled it too, just posted this article above Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #23

My chirpy college roommate suggested appalachiablue Jul 2021 #50

I had heard the reports about potential problems with the swine flu vaccine. summer_in_TX Jul 2021 #37

I read that the same tech that got us the COVID vaccine might get us an HIV vaccine in a few years dsc Jul 2021 #14

A vaccine for HIV has been especially difficult wnylib Jul 2021 #29

My former brother-in-law had polio as a child UpInArms Jul 2021 #10

I was in the first cohort of kids to get the Salk vaccine when it came out. ShazzieB Jul 2021 #33

I'm about the same age as you, and my uncle... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #12

I'm a year older than you. GulfCoast66 Jul 2021 #16

When the polio vaccine became available jpak Jul 2021 #17

Same here with rubella vaccination in the early 70's paleotn Jul 2021 #24

The sugar water or sugar cube was probably the Sabin vaccine that became available in 1962 dflprincess Jul 2021 #25

I got the Sabin sugar cube. wnylib Jul 2021 #34

I remember getting the sugar cube in 6th grade at school dflprincess Jul 2021 #42

Thank you. That is the song. wnylib Jul 2021 #43

I was not quite 2 when it was announced the Salk vaccine was safe & effective dflprincess Jul 2021 #18

Same here. We're old enough to remember the legacy of polio..... paleotn Jul 2021 #21

Mostly stupid, I think, ShazzieB Jul 2021 #35

My late father in law actually had polio. nolabear Jul 2021 #26

Tucker Carlson is the White Elephant of the Republican Party. Xipe Totec Jul 2021 #27

I had polio when I was little Warpy Jul 2021 #28

I remember my 5 year old sister having a spinal tap to see of she had polio. SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2021 #30

Both my parents were born in 32. They grew up with the fear. thenelm1 Jul 2021 #31

K&R Solly Mack Jul 2021 #32

When I was a kid it wasn't rare at all to to see the ravages of polio. spanone Jul 2021 #36

I'm the same age. My parents were the same age as yours. Well said Peppertoo Jul 2021 #38

Last year, there were 140 cases of wild polio in Pakistan and Afghanistan. So far this year, 2. OnlinePoker Jul 2021 #39

well using the vaccination program to find Osama may have been a bad idea. dsc Jul 2021 #40

I have never seen people acting on behalf of a deadly virus before world wide wally Jul 2021 #41

I would add genxlib Jul 2021 #44

My grandfather had polio & walked with a cane his entire adult life. CrispyQ Jul 2021 #45

I was to young to remember when polio was a scare. Texaswitchy Jul 2021 #46

I remember the sugar cube vaccine. Got it in 1954, I believe. demigoddess Jul 2021 #47

Until I was @ 7 polio was a real fear for my parents rurallib Jul 2021 #48

My mother, who contracted polio in the 1920s, met Jonas Salk once Poiuyt Jul 2021 #53

My Mother-in-Law whose ashes we got around to interring just yesterday, was one of the last polio... NNadir Jul 2021 #54

Stupid is still.."STUPID" TUCKER F**KER CARLSON, like Trump is STUPID..& Vicious.. Stuart G Jul 2021 #55

I live in a very deep red area Sgent Jul 2021 #57