Polio: The Dread Disease

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Society & Culture, History

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2011

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Polio was a terrifying threat in the early 20th century: It often left victims paralyzed or dead. Yet two vaccines caused an immediate drop in polio cases and today they've nearly eradicated the disease. But what exactly happened? Tune in to find out.

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0:30.6	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, from HowstuffWorks.com.
0:35.8	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:44.7	I'm Faradowty, and I'm DeBlena Chalker-Bordy.
0:47.1	And DeBlena this year, during Halloween, I put on a really fun camping movie.
0:52.1	I know you like camping movies.
0:53.3	I do.
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0:59.3	repertoire in it like Frankenstein or the Mummy or something.
1:02.5	It was called The Ape, and it was a pretty well movie.
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1:16.2	you know, like rolling his fingers and looking evil.
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