http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2009/02/09/wellness/general-health/speaking-out/mom-iron-lungs-immunizations.html OFFICIAL WEBSITE Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:32:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2009/02/09/wellness/general-health/speaking-out/mom-iron-lungs-immunizations.html/comment-page-1#comment-234 maria Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:30:23 +0000 http://72.3.135.59/wordpress/?p=1449#comment-234 Although I was not alive to remember the Polio outbreaks of years gone by, I remember the story my mother told us of her brother's battle with polio, acquired when given a live vaccine. Their house was quarantined, her brother was taken off to a city hospital, alone to die, and they were shunned by their small town for many months afterwards. The improvement of vaccines and the availability to all is something we have come to take for granted. We shouldn't! Although I was not alive to remember the Polio outbreaks of years gone by, I remember the story my mother told us of her brother’s battle with polio, acquired when given a live vaccine. Their house was quarantined, her brother was taken off to a city hospital, alone to die, and they were shunned by their small town for many months afterwards. The improvement of vaccines and the availability to all is something we have come to take for granted. We shouldn’t!

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