In 1952 less than 58,000 people contracted polio...

[ret5hd]

in the U.S.

Less than 22,000 of those cases were paralytic.

Parents were terrified their children would contract polio.

In 2020 over 1,600,000 people have contracted Covid in the U.S.

Over 95,000 of those have died.

But remember: It’s all just a hoax.

[dawg day]

1. My mother used to talk about those "polio summers"-

When they closed the swimming pools and cancelled parades.

I bet there weren't too many Trumper types back then, deliberately coughing on people like now. What's the difference? Hmm, maybe the difference between Truman/Eisenhower and Trump.

[leftieNanner]

2. My Mom

couldn't get my sister and me down to the school auditorium fast enough to get our polio vaccine. I had a friend in kindergarten who had it. She was only mildly disabled, but the images of those rooms full of iron lungs scared the be-jeezus out of all the parents.

We will reach 100,000 deaths by early next week.

[catrose]

7. That was my mother. She was terrified of polio--thought I had it as a baby.

[Laurelin]

16. My mom

Was a polio nurse during that epidemic. She thought Dr. Salk was a hero.

She went to the Rocky Mountains to nurse polio patients (I have no idea why the Rockies). Years later when we vacationed at Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons we had to fly over the Rockies, rather than drive through them. She refused to go near them because her memories of that time were so terrible. She said she got into an iron lung to see what her patients experienced.

I worry about the doctors and nurses who are dealing with covid patients. And I'm furious with the brainwashed and entitled brats who protest masks and stay at home orders.

[sandensea]

3. But then, we had a real president back then.

[leighbythesea2]

4. In 1950

My mom was one of them. She spent a year in the hospital.
It affected her arms. No arm or shoulder muscle.
Full career. No disability. Not even a handicap sticker.

Die hard Democrat. Jimmy Carter is one of her favorite presidents.

And i heard forever " there, but for the grace of god, go I" regarding the less fortunate. And she wasnt religious.

She has Alzheimer's now and is with me. She hates Trump and mutters every time he is on, then mutes him.

I do enjoy that.

[iluvtennis]

6. One of my things to live by is same as your mom's - " there, but for the grace of god, go I".

and welcome to DU.

[leighbythesea2]

8. It has stuck with me

It really is the golden rule.
And thanks!

[roamer65]

12. God bless your mom.

[Squeaky41]

5. Polio

I was among 4 guinea pigs in Maine testing the Salk Vaccine at the time.

[leighbythesea2]

9. That is

Very interesting!

[GulfCoast66]

10. My dad missed Boys State because it was cancelled that year.

For a boy from a very small town in Louisiana he may have missed a life changing opportunity.

[tavernier]

11. My mom had it, left her with a crippled foot.

She made sure I was the first one in line for the vaccine in our town.

[denbot]

13. We thought stupid stuff like jumping into really cold water could give you polio..

My cousin Needa was my same age (I’m now 62) had polio. She needed crutches to walk for only very short distances. Needa was a really nice person, beautiful and smart. She passed in her late 20’s early 30’s, from what I cannot remember.

I’m pretty sure anyone in my entire family would at the least laugh at any anti-vaxer, should they be the lucky type.

[Blue_true]

14. In approximately two weeks, SAR-COV-2 will be the third deadliest virus

in US history, closing in on #2. By the end of September, only the 1918 Pandemic will be ahead of it.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

15. Somehow, COVID-19 is a global conspiracy because Democrats don't like trump.

I'm not smart enough to figure out how that works.