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I was a young teacher then...my 1st graders all got vaccinated. pidge Apr 2021 #1
Welcome to our DU family. niyad Apr 2021 #14
Yes. welcome to DU! BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #22
I was 7 years old. lunatica Apr 2021 #2
I was in the 3rd grade. The County Health Dept. set up a vaccination site at the largest Arkansas Granny Apr 2021 #3
I was in first grade. I think we lined up in the school auditorium Walleye Apr 2021 #4
I was born a little later but... 2naSalit Apr 2021 #5
That sounds more like a smallpox vaccination, which features blisters. No scarring from the Salk diane in sf Apr 2021 #15
I'm going to say you are correct... 2naSalit Apr 2021 #36
Twitter replies: Rhiannon12866 Apr 2021 #6
Had any other Republucan defeated the denier of truth, we'd be in far better shape today. SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2021 #19
I was a Polio Pioneer in 1954 jdadd Apr 2021 #20
Here is an article about Polio Pioneers! csziggy Apr 2021 #37
I was in the first grade and we got the Sabin sugar cube Norbert Apr 2021 #7
I was a bit over 1yr that day dweller Apr 2021 #8
I got that vaccination at school. murielm99 Apr 2021 #9
Yes, it's smallpox that left a scar. ShazzieB Apr 2021 #28
Yes, it was smallpox that left a scar. ShazzieB Apr 2021 #29
I was vaccinated twice h2ebits Apr 2021 #10
I think most of us who got the Salk shots, got the sugar cube, as well, later. maddiemom Apr 2021 #21
Given what we know today about mutating and different variants h2ebits Apr 2021 #24
I remember that. murielm99 Apr 2021 #39
There are 3 types of polio that's why the 3 sugar cubes burrowowl Apr 2021 #25
Oh, thanks for this info h2ebits Apr 2021 #35
Wow! Good find! Amazing! calimary Apr 2021 #11
"Could you patent the sun?" Gaugamela Apr 2021 #12
With the current "morans" Small Pox, too, would be around StClone Apr 2021 #13
I was in elementary school in NYC at that time. All students were required to get.... George II Apr 2021 #16
My Mom took all 4 of us kids to the local Armory.... Fla Dem Apr 2021 #17
What's not generally known about the Salk vaccine PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2021 #18
And so began the scourge of autism. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #23
O what a feeling! I was 5 so remember little except rurallib Apr 2021 #26
Our whole family got the Salk vaccine as soon as it was available. Mickju Apr 2021 #27
Everybody was thrilled to get a chance to be vaccinated. People respected science. I have Martin68 Apr 2021 #30
That was so yesterday ... aggiesal Apr 2021 #31
I got my first polio vaccine that same year in second grade. ananda Apr 2021 #32
I was one of Salk's guinea pigs in 1953 outside DC Warpy Apr 2021 #33
Wow. A living historic progression, to now when wonderful Hortensis Apr 2021 #38
I was 7, & can't tell if my memory of the sugar cube with the pink dot is mine or an overlay... Hekate Apr 2021 #34
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