jan 1, 1955 - polio vaccine
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the polio vaccine changed thousands of lives, not only saving them, but helping them survive too. polio was a major problem in the 1950s, as it killed 3,145 people per year! that may not seem like much now, but it was a lot back then..https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/inventions-and-discoveries-of-the-twentieth-century/inventions-1900-to-1990/
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Date:
jan 1, 1955
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~ 70 years ago