A look back at mass polio vaccinations of '50s, '60s
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The development of the COVID-19 vaccine has caused us to look back to the Spanish Flu of 1918. But a more recent medical condition led to the development of another vaccine to address another illness, the polio vaccine of the 1950s. Anyone older than the age of 60 probably remembers the various polio vaccines administered […]
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Childhood Vaccination and the NHS – People's History of the NHS
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Making a vaccine is not the same as mass-producing it. This Canadian scientist solved the problem for the polio vaccine — then she was largely forgotten
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Polio vaccine - Wikipedia
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History of polio vaccination
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Polio Vaccine History: How Vaccines Unfolded Then vs. Now – NBC Chicago
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Mass Inoculation or: How New York Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Polio Vaccine — NYC Department of Records & Information Services
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Throughout history, mass vaccine rollouts have been beset by problems - The Boston Globe
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Outbreaks of disease and war: polio's history with conflict, Science
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The Last Time a Vaccine Saved America
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In the 1950s, Canada faced a terrifying epidemic. Here's how it was conquered
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We did it to whip polio and smallpox. We can do the same to COVID with a simple shot in the arm. • Virginia Mercury
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What We Can Learn From The Roll Out Of The Polio Vaccine - WPR