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The son of polio vaccine creator Jonas Salk got the Covid-19 vaccine. He wants you to do it, too As Dr. Darrell Salk waited in line to receive his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, he realized he had been in a similar situation about 60 years ago. The 73-year-old retired doctor and geneticist living in Seattle remembered waiting in line at school with his classmates for a different vaccine — it was the polio vaccine, which his father, Dr. Jonas Salk, developed. The younger Salk said he rare...

Darrell Salk, son of polio vaccine creator Jonas Salk, gets Covid-19 vaccine CNN 1/28/2021 By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN © Courtesy Susan Gregg/UW Medicine Dr. Darrell Salk received the Covid-19 vaccine Monday and he hopes others will. As Dr. Darrell Salk waited in line to receive his first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, he realized he had been in a similar situation about 60 years ago. The 73-year-old retired doctor and geneticist living in Seattle remembered waiting in line ...

For Americans of a certain generation, the coronavirus vaccine rollout evoked searing memories of an earlier era — one that rescued their childhood from fear and the sudden loss of classmates and siblings.

Vaccine memories of another time and place Many older Americans, shut in during this year’s pandemic, share haunting recollections from the polio era of their childhood. New York Times December 26, 2020 / 08:36 AM IST Jonathan Salk at his home in La Jolla, California on December 20, 2020. Dr. Jonas Salk is a medical researcher who developed a vaccine for polio is his father. (Image by John Francis Peters © 2020 The New York Times) Lizzo’s “...