Throughout history, mass vaccine rollouts have been beset by problems
By Dugan Arnett Globe Staff,Updated January 10, 2021, 4:46 p.m.
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Three people from one family were given polio shots in San Diego in 1955.Bettmann/Bettmann Archive
The 1955 arrival of Jonas Salkâs polio vaccine is still hailed as one of modern medicineâs crowning achievements, a lifesaving intervention that some deemed nothing short of miraculous.
For those of a certain age, the mass distribution of a safe vaccine signaled the end of a dark and disturbing period, one of locked school buildings and swimming pools, iron lungs and lifelong paralysis. Many of those who went through the process of being inoculated still recall the sense of elation the vaccine brought, even if the reality wasnât as smooth as memory might suggest.
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