#polio

1. Madagascar: GPEI Boosts Madagascar's Fight Against Polio and Low Vaccination Rates

   [GAVI]Antananarivo -- A high-level delegation of the Global Polio Elimination Initiative (GPEI) is in Madagascar to support the country in strengthening routine immunisation while combatting a polio outbreak in the country.Over the next three days, the delegation will meet with P
   

2. Iron Lungs back in fashion?

   Critical thinking and awareness/accurate understanding of history are severely lacking in a large % of U.S. population. If only their failures didn't affect others, I'd be all for Darwinism simply taking the wheel. #Polio #IronLungs #Vaccinations
   

3. 👇 🇨🇦 National Immunization Awareness Week #Vaccinations #Covid19 #Measles #HepatitisB #Polio #Varicella #Influenza #RSV

4. This is why we vaccinate our kids! Patients using the lron Lungs during a Polio epidemic, 1952 #vaccines #vaccinate #vaccinessavelives #conspiracytheories #polio #history #science
   

5. Paul developed polio in the summer of 1952, at the age of 6. It was the height of the polio epidemic; more than 21,000 paralytic polio cases were recorded that year in the United States #polio #vaccines #vaccinessavelives
   

6. The extraordinary life of man in iron lung who practiced as a lawyer and ‘loved wine and women’

   By Joe Middleton Six-year-old Paul Alexander was enjoying playing outside with his brother when he started to feel unwell, with a pounding headache, aching neck and rapidly developing fever. He trudged home for dinner, immediately alarming his mother, who was well aware of the poli
   

7. Meeeee tooo. I had polio as a toddler and was just very lucky that I was left with minimal damage. You probably wouldn’t notice unless I pointed it out. But growing up, I knew several people who were left with much bigger problems, and used leg braces, wheelchairs and there was

8. Texas man who lived seven decades in iron lung dies at age 78

   By: Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A paralyzed Texas man who lived 70 years inside an iron lung after he survived polio as a child has died, his family said. Paul Alexander, 78, died on Monday, his brother Philip said in a post on Facebook. He gave no cause of death. "It was an honor t

9. What is the iron lung that kept 'Polio Paul' alive for more than 70 years — and how does it work?

   By James Liddell Paul Alexander spent a staggering seven decades relying on his iron lung for survival. Doctors said “he shouldn't be alive,” after he contracted polio as a six-year-old. But his seven-foot-long ventilator stamped him in the history books as a medical marvel and hel
   

10. Paul Alexander's cause of death revealed as 'Polio Paul' dies aged 78 after 70 years in iron lung

    By Charlie Jones The cause of death of Paul Alexander, a man who spent 70 years inside an iron lung, has been revealed. The 78-year-old died after contracting Covid, reports suggest. Paul was struck down by polio in 1952 and was left paralysed. He could only move his head, neck and