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10/05/2026

We do not long for these “good old days.”

BEFORE THE VACCINE.

There was a time when summer brought a fear that many families today have never known: polio. Outbreaks changed plans, closed gathering places, and left parents wondering how to keep their children safe.

That history belongs in our conversation about the future. Behind every public health milestone are families who waited for it.

Ask someone in your life what they remember about the years before polio vaccines.

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10/04/2026

Today (October 4) CBS Sunday morning ran a feature on Alan Alda. It wasn’t the focus of the story, but he discussed his childhood experience with polio and the Sister Kenny treatments he endured. This month’s Rotary magazine shares Mary Berry’s (Great British Bakeoff) lifelong experience with polio. We don’t want to go back to those days. Join our PolioPlus Society and help End Polio Now!