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EPISODE · Oct 4, 2022 · 10 MIN

10/04 How did someone get paralytic polio in NY State.. in 2022?

from Bob's World · host Bob Welch

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. MY GRANDMOTHER HAD A COUSIN IN EXTREMELY RURAL EASTERN MAINE… SHE HOBBLED AROUND ON A CANE AND LATER A WALKER… IT WASN’T JUST DUE TO OLD AGE… IT’S BECAUSE SHE CONTRACTED POLIO  AS A TEENAGER IN THE 1930S   SHE LIVED WITH IT FOR THE REST OF HER LIVE… HOBBLING AROUND… YOU REALLY DON’T READ OF TOO MANY PEOPLE CONTRACTING POLIO ANYMORE…  BECAUSE… THERE’S.. A VACCINE FOR IT.   WELL.. I HADN’T READ OF TOO MANY PEOPLE GETTING POLIO FOR THAT REASON UNTIL… I START HEARING STORIES WITHIN THE PAST FEW MONTHS OF PEOPLE CONTRACTING POLIO… SO.. HOW DID WE GET HERE?   MORE IN A MINUTE. 

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