oct 8, 1916 - Polio in US
Description:
-US: 27,000 cases with >6000 deaths-Almost all under the age of 5
-Unclear how it spread, no way to protect against infection
-Created panic because of threat of death and disability
Figure 10: A group of mothers with their children outside the Middlesex County Council Clinic, waiting for the first polio vaccinations to begin
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Date:
oct 8, 1916
Now
~ 108 years ago