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The last time a vaccine saved America

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Tags: medicine, usa, history, 1950s, culture, vaccines, epidemiology, polio, jonas salk, diseases.infectious, author.howard markel, source.the new yorker, paywall.soft
https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-medicine/the-last-time-a-vaccine-saved-america

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    Outline of Jonas Salk and the Polio vaccine. Some interesting comparisons and contrasts about cultural shifts between now and then, including our attitudes towards medical patents and public trust in medical science and institutions.

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