by Jerry Klein
Don't Be a. Target -for Polio
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I ive summers ago, America
cringed when doctors reported a new
storm of infiintile paralysis cases. Two
Summers ago, America rejoiced with
the announcement that a vaccine dis
covered by Dr. Jonas Salk was able to
prevent polio with (iO to 90 percent
ellectiveness. This Summer, America
has large quantities of the Salk vac
cine, and it's available at moderate cost
free in many instances.
Yet thousands of unvaccinated citi
zens will contract the dread disease in
With the Salk vaccine, you can be safely protected
against this dread disease; without it, you
might be numbered among this year's victims.
the hot Summer months to come.
Why? Because of the 109 million
Americans under the age of 40 the
age group most in need of polio pro
tection only a little more than half
had even begun their injections by late
Spring. And of those who had received
any vaccine, only a fourth had the full
protective series of three shots.
If you're one of those who lias de
layed until now to be vaccinated, wait
no longer. The shots can be taken at
any time of the year, but it's better to
be vaccinated before the polio peril
appears in your community.
As one North Carolina newspaper
put it: "The means of licking a very
serious disease are at hand. But vac
cine does not climb down off a shelf
and inject itself!"
Since the polio vaccine was declared
effective two years ago, it has been
given at the average rate of a million
injections a week. It really proved its
value last year when polio cases
dropped 59 percent below the previous
r
five-year average with an uncount
able saving in human misery.
Still, there were an overconfident few
who hesitated and lost!
There was, for instance, the 18-year-old
boy in Nashville, Tenn. "I just fig
ured I'd never get polio; it would never
happen to me. I found out it can hit
anyone, and there's no sense taking
chances, like I did. Now I feel as if
I'm in a strait jacket."
In Miami, Fla., a 17-month-oId girl
became paralyzed in both legs. Her
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