[Mears]

I lived through that as a young woman….it was barely mentioned.

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[syriacus]

I remember swimming pools being temporarily closed and being told I should not drink from a public water fountain.

Then, one day, my grade school class marched to the basement of the church next door to get our polio shots (or a placebo, I guess). Our parents had given their permission for us to participate in the trial. Later on we each received “polio pioneer” cards.

There was a lot of “good” excitement in the air at that point.