Was Polio Fatal in the 1930s?
The poliovirus was a highly feared illness from the 19th century to the 20th. With people remaining unsure of its route of transmission and a lack of a vaccine, mass hysteria emerged as more and more people began fearing simple human contact, such as handshakes. With less than 5% of the population developing paralytic polio […]
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