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Ocelot II

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4. A college classmate had a leg brace from polio when he was a kid.

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Thu Sep 4, 2025, 03:03 PM

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There was no vaccine when he got polio; the Salk vaccine wasn't available to the public until 1955. I remember getting it and making a huge fuss about having to get a shot, a complaint which fell on my mother's deaf ears. She had been a nurse and saw plenty of kids in iron lungs.

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DO you want to have your kids to hear the clank of braces? [View all] nitpicked Thursday OP

There were two children in my class in wheelchairs. yardwork Thursday #1

Oh my..... that's a chilling question some_of_us_are_sane Thursday #2

The idiots in this administration don't realize how many people remember that vividly and are still alive Walleye Thursday #3

A college classmate had a leg brace from polio when he was a kid. Ocelot II Thursday #4

Is it time to invest in whatever company makes iron lungs? nt DURHAM D Thursday #5

I'm sure that they've cornered the twisted back market nitpicked Thursday #6

They'll probably make them out of plastic sheeting now some_of_us_are_sane Thursday #7

There's new ventilator technology now, Ms. Toad Thursday #8