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 “Good As Hell” greeted the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines this month at Boston Medical Center, where ...