Examining the history of vaccines at a historic moment
Examining the history of vaccines at a historic moment Dr. Peter Barkett, Special to Kitsap Sun © Contributed Peter Barkett Scientists, public health experts and reporters gathered in a cavernous room eagerly awaiting an announcement – testing results for a desperately needed vaccine. It was April 12, 1955, 10 years to the day that President Franklin D Roosevelt died. His paralytic illness was believed to have been caused by polio, and in the years after his illness, the disease continued to spread throughout the country sickening, paralyzing and sometimes killing its vic...
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