Summary
One morning in 1952, my older brother woke up with a high fever and stiff neck polio, the dread disease of that time. He was isolated in a polio ward for three or four weeks. I remember waving to him from the hospital's parking lot, hoping he wasn't as terrified as the rest of the family.
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Polio Fight Almost As Scary As Disease
During the winter and spring, we worried about the Russians and nuclear attacks, spurred by red-baiters like Joe McCarthy and Richard Nixon. In spring and summer, we worr...
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