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The deadly polio epidemic and why it matters for coronavirus

  • Written by Carl Kurlander, Senior Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh
An emergency polio ward in Boston in 1955 equipped with iron lungs. These pressurized respirators acted as breathing muscles for polio victims, often children, who were paralyzed.www.apimages.com

The fear and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic may feel new to many of us. But it is strangely familiar to those who lived through the...

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