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10. It was in our consciousness in our neighborhood in 1962. Polio water, remember?

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 05:43 PM

Feb 2016

Here's a picture from 1962.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_poliomyelitis#/media/File: Polio_physical_therapy.jpg

This physical therapist is assisting two polio-stricken children holding on to a rail while they exercise their lower limbs. In the early 1950s there were more than 20,000 cases of polio each year. After the polio vaccination was introduced in 1955 that figure dropped to about 3,000 per year by 1960.
File: Polio physical therapy.jpg
Created: 31 December 1962

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By 1962 polio SheilaT Feb 2016 #1

Ha! Yes, and the oral vaccine was in 1961. I remember a neighborhood kid with polio valerief Feb 2016 #2

Also, here are some stats on U.S. polio. valerief Feb 2016 #3

I know, I looked that up also, SheilaT Feb 2016 #4

People who got it before the vaccine still had it. nt valerief Feb 2016 #5

Well, they didn't exactly still have polio, but they had the residual effects of it. SheilaT Feb 2016 #6

You're being careless. Introduction of the vaccine didn't eradicate polio from people who had polio. valerief Feb 2016 #8

I know that. But polio wasn't in the public consciousness very much by then. SheilaT Feb 2016 #9

It was in our consciousness in our neighborhood in 1962. Polio water, remember? valerief Feb 2016 #10

Do you know for sure that picture was taken in 1962? SheilaT Feb 2016 #11

Here's something from the Chicago Tribune 1961 that might interest you. valerief Feb 2016 #7