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WhiskyEchoTango t1_j7jcidq wrote

Iinm, that's a polio treatment she's enduring.

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fermat9997 t1_j7jqd5p wrote

Maybe it serves the purpose of an iron lung.

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WhiskyEchoTango t1_j7k01yn wrote

It does. But less effective long term.

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Overall-Lynx917 t1_j7kqv0q wrote

How different it must have bee in the 1950's, these vaccines were being rolled out and made a huge difference to people's lives. I remember being at junior school with children in leg-irons because they'd had polio.

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warren_stupidity t1_j7l1gkd wrote

I remember the day my mom got the call from dr gissen’s office that they had the vax. She could not get us into the car fast enough. Polio was scary shit.

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Clockwork_Medic t1_j7lr2fo wrote

My grandpa went on a sleepover at his cousin’s house when they were around 8 or 9. The next morning when they woke up, his cousin could no longer move his legs. What an absolutely wild time to live through

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raspberry_rhino t1_j7m6q75 wrote

My mother was born after, but she's still of a generation that remember classmates never coming back, and suffering mumps. I had all vaccines as soon as possible, and she's taken all covid vaccines as soon as she could.

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Remorseful_User t1_j7ltt5w wrote

Polio mounting a comeback. Thanks Republicans!

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TooOldForThis--- t1_j7m515f wrote

A lot of anti vaxxers are crunchy granola home birth types and definitely not Republican. At least here in California.

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walksinchaos t1_j7mde3e wrote

anti-vaxxers are a odd grouping. The anti-vax conspiracy has people from the extreme left, extreme right and those between the two.

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JollyGreenGiraffe t1_j7mgb7w wrote

My uncle eats crunchy granola for breakfast and black coffee. It's good for you.

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emfrank t1_j7mwhep wrote

It started on the hippy left, but has definitely moved to the right

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roderick15215 t1_j7kbtph wrote

Today that device would be promoted as polio vaccine alternative.

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socksmatterTWO t1_j7jdxom wrote

Strong little girl and what a kindness during treatment. Nature is what we all need... As much as possible.

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socksmatterTWO t1_j7jdr9f wrote

Gosh I need new prescription for my eyes or Lasik. I thought that was Drew Barrymore in ET I was trying to remember the scene.

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Discowien t1_j7k11xc wrote

Never mind, your eyes are fine, you're just slowly losing your mind.

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socksmatterTWO t1_j7kfuvp wrote

Honestly it feels like it perimenopause is brutal and sudden lol

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warren_stupidity t1_j7l16u2 wrote

And thanks to the gurgling idiots polio is making a comeback.

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where-is-my-mime t1_j7lkr6h wrote

Man, that’s a picture that makes me both happy and sad all at the same time.

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beefrodd t1_j7jn031 wrote

They used to but they still do too

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BetOk7796 t1_j7m5hl3 wrote

Beautiful and heartbreaking picture. I hope she is living or lived well beyond this.

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akaDee53 t1_j7mmvsi wrote

I remember the school nurse giving us polio vaccine shots at school in the late 50's. Small town memories

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senorbozz t1_j7jfg2e wrote

Heard her Doc was a real quack though

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DamnGentleman t1_j7m618t wrote

Why did they stop?

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drjrf2000 t1_j7n78ti wrote

Polio had been successfully eradicated because of the vaccination. The vaccine was not necessary anymore because it was so well contained nobody was spreading it. That would never have happened today.

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DamnGentleman t1_j7n8le0 wrote

That has nothing to do with those selfish ducks

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drjrf2000 t1_j7nkqgo wrote

😂 I thought you meant why did they stop the vaccinations

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DetroitBrat t1_j84nxaw wrote

My brother, born 1944, got polio before the vaccine was available and had this type of treatment. He was "lucky" because it was a mild case. I wasn't born until 1964, so I only knew him after he was grown; and sadly not too long either. Died of a massive heart attack at 36 years old, due to the damage from polio.

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lcc1353 t1_j7k5k5h wrote

The first certified therapy animals in the USA.

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RS_C187 t1_j7l9v67 wrote

Feeding time in the children’s ward at Arkham Asylum. -1976

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tramhappy8 t1_j7jjboq wrote

Poor girl. Hopefully they had the medicine when this picture was taken. Ducks can’t hurt though

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Joeleflore t1_j7jvkul wrote

Actually, depressed ducks were brought in to hang with a dying child in order to cheer the ducks up…. Looks like it worked!

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