Peyton Hardin
Podcast · 2,828 episodes on record
How We Almost Got Rid of Polio
Published
July 21, 2020
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45 min
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Full
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1,535 of 2,828
July 21, 2020
How We Almost Got Rid of Polio
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Jul 21, 2020
Summary
For more than half of the 20th century parents in the industrialized world were freaked out by an unseen waster of youth, the poliovirus. It spread easily and could paralyze children for life or even kill them. Its effects were so horrible that humanity set about ridding if from the Earth.
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