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We really do not want a polio epidemic. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #1
Those old photos need to be pulled out again. Lonestarblue Aug 2022 #8
Yep Rebl2 Aug 2022 #14
My aunt was a nurse as well and I remember them talking about it. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #18
Some people have lost their minds today! I don't understand the mindset of choosing ignorance. Lonestarblue Aug 2022 #22
People today have not seen these old horrible diseases. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #23
+2 appalachiablue Aug 2022 #45
Problem why polio is not erradicated around the world is that womanofthehills Aug 2022 #31
"why can't the whole world get the dead virus vaccine?" BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #36
Between war & Covid, kids in Ukraine not getting their shots womanofthehills Aug 2022 #40
I know they are being impacted big time BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #41
Just for quick reference, I'll leave this here Best_man23 Aug 2022 #46
Remember children in iron lungs Timeflyer Aug 2022 #25
Yes my mother took care of some of these patients. Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #28
Yes, it was scary stuff! ShazzieB Aug 2022 #42
Thanks anti-vaxxer fuckheads! We now have polio back! Initech Aug 2022 #2
We basically have polio back because the world will not spend the money to give kids in Africa &Asia womanofthehills Aug 2022 #32
Kicking for visibility SheltieLover Aug 2022 #3
Does the oral medications we got in the early 60s provide lifetime protection? Chainfire Aug 2022 #4
It seems a long time MuseRider Aug 2022 #6
Some reports say still effective - who knows womanofthehills Aug 2022 #38
That was my understanding, and I never heard of anyone getting a booster bucolic_frolic Aug 2022 #7
The majority of polio cases are in kids 1 to 5 yrs old womanofthehills Aug 2022 #33
Who is at risk? Baitball Blogger Aug 2022 #5
Here is some info from CDC BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #9
I only had the sugar cube vaccination. Baitball Blogger Aug 2022 #10
yes. Evolve Dammit Aug 2022 #11
For some reason BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #12
Hmmm..... ShazzieB Aug 2022 #19
I think most of us are in the same boat BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #21
That's what Rebl2 Aug 2022 #15
In the past, it has mostly been a disease of toddlers womanofthehills Aug 2022 #34
From CDC - what is polio? womanofthehills Aug 2022 #37
Polio was eradicated from the US before these antivax idiots brought it back IronLionZion Aug 2022 #13
Time for a long overdue booster! LeftInTX Aug 2022 #16
YW! BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #17
Anti-vaxx and religious. Richard D Aug 2022 #20
My uncle had it and lived crippled Marthe48 Aug 2022 #24
Makes me glad for that little round scar on my arm Bayard Aug 2022 #26
That little round scar is the smallpox vaxx - not polio womanofthehills Aug 2022 #35
Jeez--how right you are! Bayard Aug 2022 #44
A logical consequence of taking us back to the "good old days." malthaussen Aug 2022 #27
My mother-in-law was one of the last people in the US to get polio. Her life was defined by pain. NNadir Aug 2022 #29
I think I'm getting epidemicitis! purr-rat beauty Aug 2022 #30
How soon until America is designated 'high risk'? IbogaProject Aug 2022 #39
Large numbers of children are at risk Turbineguy Aug 2022 #43
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