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Philosoraptor

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Tue Apr-28-09 04:40 PM
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15. It almost killed me in 1953 when I was 2

And it has affected my life profoundly, as I am now in a motor chair, unable to walk, suffering post polio syndrome, but, I was one of the lucky ones, believe me, I saw many, many sad kids in Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children.

I have a deep respect for Dr. Salk and his contemporaries, because his work ended a horrible epidemic, and prevented millions from going through what I am now going through, and saved uncountable millions of lives.

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