It’s so depressing to see America going backward. Hard to believe there are humans that would cause this to happen when they know there’s a way to prevent it. Many years ago, I had an uncle who became a victim in the initial wave of polio in this country. As a young child, I witnessed this guy as an adult moving around as you can visualize a monkey using his strong arms to swing his worthless lower limbs forward for another ‘step.’ He was stubborn and refused to be straddled to a wheelchair. He was quite good at scooting around on the floor or ground with his thick built-up calluses on the outside of clinched fists (feet). His arms were so strong he could lift, hang, and swing himself with them to climb up on vehicles. The guy had boundless grit. He became an auto mechanic with that perseverance, a good one at that. Good enough to run his own local shop and perform community auto repairs. Now, there will be more who are handicapped like him with this scrouge.
We had a teacher that refused to give up too. She used those arm crutches that wrap around the arm and leg braces, and would throw her body forward for a “step” too. She was a tough woman. A girl in our school had it but could sort of walk with the help of crutches too, though her feet would drag on the outside of her shoes as she “stepped”. She was a tough girl too. Didn’t let it stop her from doing a lot of things others with polio would give up on. I can still. See her “running” around the playgrounds having fun.