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no_hypocrisy

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9. The Salk Vaccine was a big deal in 1963.

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sat May 2, 2026, 06:51 AM

Saturday

Our Kindergarten teacher talked and talked about it.

My family took me to the high school gym, which seemed enormous to me, to get my sugar cube (with the vaccine).

We were lined up and progressed to a table full of sugar cubes. Our school nurse was dressed in her white uniform and cap. Very medical. She dispensed the vaccine. I didn't care for the taste of sugar cubes, but I dutifully took it.

Last year, I requested a blood test to see if the polio vaccine was still effective (polio titer) and it was.