We used to take vaccines for granted. After all, they’ve been around for decades. Some, like small pox and polio, were given to our grandparents and even great-grandparents. We all received our last round of childhood shots as kids. So much so, we were shocked by a modern pandemic in 2020, due in part toContinue reading “Podcast: The 10 Most Successful Vaccines in History”
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The 10 Most Successful Vaccines in all History
We used to take vaccines for granted. After all, they’ve been around for decades, some given to our grandparents and even great-grandparents. So much so, we were shocked by a modern pandemic in 2020, due in part to the lack of a ready COVID vaccine. How could that be? Anti-vaxxers likewise have been with usContinue reading “The 10 Most Successful Vaccines in all History”
The Race for the Polio Vaccine – Salk vs. Sabin
Long before COVID-19, during the early 1900’s, summer was not a welcomed season for both parents and children, but rather a feared one. For back then, summer was also ‘Polio Season.’ Children were susceptible to poliomyelitis, an incurable disease that affects the central nervous system resulting in paralysis. Polio is a highly contagious virus thatContinue reading “The Race for the Polio Vaccine – Salk vs. Sabin”