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To: Ditto

Wasn’t polio the main cause/reason for them building those huge iron lung machines back in the early 60’s?

I was born in 54, and remember all the vaccines. My grandmother on my moms side had a brace and walked with a cane as long as I remember because she had had polio as a child.


45 posted on 02/24/2014 10:34:40 PM PST by djf (OK. Well, now, lemme try to make this clear: If you LIKE your lasagna, you can KEEP your lasagna!)
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To: djf

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/60-years-iron-lung-us-polio-survivor-worries-about-new-f2D11641456


48 posted on 02/24/2014 10:43:06 PM PST by Pelham (If you do not deport it is amnesty by default.)
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To: djf
Wasn’t polio the main cause/reason for them building those huge iron lung machines back in the early 60’s?

Yep.

59 posted on 02/25/2014 6:06:54 AM PST by Ditto
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