Polio Vaccine reaches Miami

In the 1950s, after Dr. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine against polio, citizens in Miami and across the nation lined up for shots to prevent the feared disease, which paralyzed thousands of children each year, killing some. Polio epidemics were common in the early 20th century, when treatment for the virus was limited to quarantine and the infamous “iron lung.”

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