Polio: An American Story — The System Behind the Vaccine
What does it actually take for a society to defeat a disease?
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David M. Oshinsky’s Polio: An American Story traces the American struggle against one of the twentieth century’s most feared illnesses. But the history extends far beyond the eventual vaccines. Franklin Roosevelt’s experience with paralysis, the creation of Warm Springs, the rise of the March of Dimes, scientific rivalry, public anxiety, mass fundraising, and changing government oversight all became parts of the same national system.
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