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Milestones Towards the Eradication of Polio

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / November 14, 2018 January 19, 2019 / AFM, AFP, Albert Sabin, Amish, Bob Sears, cVDPV, David Salamone, DDT, eradicated diseases, Global Polio Eradication Initiative, iron lung, John Enders, John Salamone, Jonas Salk, March of Dimes, polio, polio myths, polio outbreaks, polio survivor, polio vaccines, post-polio syndrome, provocation polio, Robin Cavendish, VAPP

Because you likely don’t remember much about polio and may have never known anyone who had polio, it is an easy target for propaganda by anti-vaccine folks.

Did Modern Ventilators Replace the Iron Lung for Folks with Polio?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / July 25, 2018 July 25, 2018 / AFP, iron lung, Martha Lillard, Mona Randolph, non-polio AFP, Paul Alexander, polio, polio eradication, polio myths, polio survivor, polio vaccines, Robin Cavendish, Suzanne Humphries, VAPP, ventilators

Thanks to vaccines, most folks will only see an iron lung in a museum and read about polio in history books.

How Quickly Can You Debunk Anti-Vaccine Propaganda?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / October 18, 2017 October 18, 2017 / iron lung, polio, polio myths, polio vaccines, propaganda, The Cutter Incident, vaccine myths

Learn just how quickly most anti-vaccine misinformation can be debunked if you simply practice being a little skeptical and do your own research.

Who Is Robin Cavendish?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / October 8, 2017 October 22, 2017 / Breathe, iron lung, polio, polio survivor, polio vaccines, post-polio syndrome, Robin Cavendish

Robin Cavendish was a respirator dependent polio survivor whose life story is told in the new movie Breathe.

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