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cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/34220035
Every time people talk about polio on the internet is about iron lungs, when I was a kid in the eighties it was rather common to see adults with leg deformities from polio. They were living reminders.
I had a needle in my arm, as was the style at the time.
For those who don’t know: the Iron Lung
A local surplus store has one on display (not for sale). It's an interesting piece of medical history. Hopefully it remains history.
Idk how old OOP is, but I'm almost 30 and I never got a polio vaccine. My mum was very diligent getting me vaccinated too, I got all the whoopng cough, measles etc. shots. Even got tuberculosis for some reason, but polio was considered so near extinct that it wasn't on the list.
(thanks for making me check my vaccination passport to confirm this btw, found out this way that I need to get something refreshed)
I'm 45 and never got that vaccine either, but there were still plenty of polio survivors with crooked legs around, I haven't seen one of those leg bracers in 30 years. People don't realise how commonplace they were.