There was a time in what otherwise were the halcyon days of post-World War II when the word “polio” had parents suffering the throes of anxiety.
For whatever reason, the virus reached epidemic proportions, until Jonas Salk, who wisely it turned out, chose to research viruses rather than practice medicine after earning a medical degree. His name forever will be etched among those who changed the world.
But, let’s drop back to before his vaccine lifted the specter of the dreaded virus from daily concerns of every mom and dad on the face of the earth, and for many…
At Week’s End: ‘Polio’ once feared diagnosis
