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Blue_In_AK

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10. I got the polio vaccine early, when it was still in the experimental stage,

Reply to XemaSab (Original post)

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 12:15 AM

Feb 2012

in the winter of 1952, I believe, because I was exposed to my aunt at the onset of her bout with polio from which she almost died. I can remember my parents taking me and my brothers to the doctor in the middle of the night for our shots when we learned that she was ill. Luckily she made what was called at the time a "miraculous" recovery, and none of us got sick.

Polio was a terrible scourge, and I had friends who were paralyzed from it. This vaccine was a Godsend.

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I remember it well and am so thankful. Jack Sprat Feb 2012 #8

I remember it, too. murielm99 Feb 2012 #13

I got the polio vaccine early, when it was still in the experimental stage, Blue_In_AK Feb 2012 #10

I was thinking we took sugar cubes Jack Sprat Feb 2012 #15

Sugar cubes came later. Blue_In_AK Feb 2012 #17

I recall those dime donation cards we got at school to fill up and return Stinky The Clown Feb 2012 #11

Wow! I remember those! Suich Feb 2012 #12

That's a blast from the past! Lugnut Feb 2012 #19

Now that's a blast from the past! BlueToTheBone Feb 2012 #23

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I was 3. My mother had poli as an adult. rug Feb 2012 #28