NMAH | Polio: Two Vaccines

Via Scoop.itVirology News

This site explores the history of polio, the science and philanthropy behind the vaccines, the experiences of people who contracted polio and their influence on American culture, and current global efforts at stopping transmission of the poliovirus.

 

Vaccine denialists really, really need to go and have a look at this…15 000 kids paralysed and 1000 died per year in teh USA in the mid-1950s.  And now parents don’t want to vaccinate.

Via americanhistory.si.edu

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