#polio

[odinsblog]

This is unconscionable. (more)

[sayruq]

[covid-safer-hotties]

Martha Lillard, last American using iron lung, dies in Shawnee

Martha Lillard spent nearly her entire life using an iron lung, a respiratory device used to facilitate breathing for polio victims. She die

[unbfacts]

Jonas Salk and his team helped create the first safe and effective polio vaccine, but Salk did not patent it or make money from the discovery. When someone asked who owned the patent, he said there was no patent and asked, “Could you patent the sun?” Humanity got the win, no paywall required.

[theinconvenientlifestyle]

[mother-of-platypus]

[Original video. Downloaded for easier access.]

[mysharona1987]

[animentality]