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JED REINERT LNP newspaper, via AP LNP/LancasterOnline via AP Massive lines formed outside Manheim Township High School on June 4, 1979, as people flocked to receive vaccinations against polio in Lancaster, Pa. LANCASTER, Pa. — With multiple vaccines for the COVID-19 novel coronavirus on the horizon, Americans will likely see a large-scale vaccination effort sometime in the next few months. Older Lancaster County residents may remember other large-scale vaccination efforts, such as those aim...

1979 polio outbreak in Lancaster County remembered By JED REINERT, LNP newspaper.December 19, 2020 GMT LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — With multiple vaccines for the COVID-19 novel coronavirus on the horizon, Americans will likely see a large-scale vaccination effort sometime in the next few months. Older Lancaster County residents may remember other large-scale vaccination efforts, such as those aimed at eradicating polio. The last of those efforts came much later than you may think — while polio wa...