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Brief History of Polio

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Dr. Sabin administers an oral vaccine to a girl in a dress next to an older boy

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The “Cutter Incident” where more than 200,000 children received a vaccine with the live virus; 40,000 cases of polio, 200 children paralyzed, 10 deaths. **Update text and #s from Nathanson & Langmuir article (Katie).

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