I watched the PBS documentary on the “Polio Wars”. Polio struck this country in multiple waves, hitting children hard, until the Salk vaccine came into existence in 1955. Yet the country continued to fight wars, make things, and run businesses while putting certain individuals in quarantine and make iron lungs and crutches for those who needed them. We seem to be changing the symbol of our country from an eagle to a sheep
19,005 new cases today and 556 dead thus far today, those numbers will likely double before the day is over.
n the late 1940s, polio outbreaks in the U.S. increased in frequency and size, crippling an average of more than 35,000 people each year. Parents were frightened to let their children go outside, especially in the summer when the virus seemed to peak. Travel and commerce between affected cities were sometimes restricted. Public health officials imposed quarantines (used to separate and restrict the movement of well people who may have been exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become ill) on homes and towns where polio cases were diagnosed.
BINGO!! JUst WAIT for the next one!