Ending Polio
- Thread starter AuntPeggy
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I am proud of Rotary International for teeing this up as a focused goal; the initiative has been going on for twenty years, and Rotary members are pleased that the Gates have (just here lately) joined into the cause. Their assistance will help get us over the finish line.
http://www.rotary.org/en/SERVICEANDFELLOWSHIP/POLIO/Pages/ridefault.aspx
http://www.rotary.org/en/SERVICEANDFELLOWSHIP/POLIO/Pages/ridefault.aspx
Geico266
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It is a coincidence you bring this up Peggy, as I was just talk to a polio victim I know about this very thing.
It is hard for young people to imagine the lines we stood in to get vaccinated against polio in the late 50's. The vaccine was dripped onto sugar cubes. I know I wanted another one! Polio is very easily vaccinated against. It is a shame the leaders of those countries don't eradicate it.
Nebraska was hit unusually hard by polio and I have several friends of my vintage that lived though the disease, but are handicapped in someway, and live with the physical and emotional aftermath today. All are very successful people in their own right.
The guy I was talking to had no muscles below his left knee, yet (in his 30's) he went on to race bicycles at a very high level and took several gold metals in regional events.
It is amazing what the human spirit can over come.
It is hard for young people to imagine the lines we stood in to get vaccinated against polio in the late 50's. The vaccine was dripped onto sugar cubes. I know I wanted another one! Polio is very easily vaccinated against. It is a shame the leaders of those countries don't eradicate it.
Nebraska was hit unusually hard by polio and I have several friends of my vintage that lived though the disease, but are handicapped in someway, and live with the physical and emotional aftermath today. All are very successful people in their own right.
The guy I was talking to had no muscles below his left knee, yet (in his 30's) he went on to race bicycles at a very high level and took several gold metals in regional events.
It is amazing what the human spirit can over come.
I knew several polio survivors over the many years who had varying degrees of disability. The horrifying thing is that about ten years ago, those who had overcome some of the wasting in their youth had it return with a vengeance. So sad.
I, too, remember the miracle of the two vaccines. Possibly with the passing of our generation, this scourge will be gone.
I, too, remember the miracle of the two vaccines. Possibly with the passing of our generation, this scourge will be gone.