Patients in Iron Lungs during a polio epidemic, ca. 1952.

And this is why you should vaccinate your kids. We didn’t spend all that time, money, and suffering developing a vaccine, for you to decide doctors don’t know what they’re talking about.

(Figurative you, not actually you.)

February 9, 2014 | Categories: History, Photography | Tags: AMERICA, Death, epidemic, History, iron lung, Iron Lungs, Photo, Photography, polio, polio epidemic, USA, Vaccination, vaccinations | Leave a comment