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April 26, 1954

On April 26, 1954, mass trials of Jonas Salk’s anti-polio vaccine began. The first shot was delivered in Fairfax County, Virginia. More than 443,000 children received the shots in the first three months. Nowhere did anyone say, “Only .5% of children with polio suffer from paralysis. The other 99.5% don’t. We don’t need a vaccine. … Continue reading

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