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EPISODE · Mar 26, 2020 · 6 MIN

The Texas Polio Epidemic

from Texas Standard » Stories from Texas · host W.F. Strong

The silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic, if there is one, seems to be that it spares children. The polio epidemic that raged off and on in the United States for about 40 years did the opposite. Indeed, it seemed to focus on children. Whereas there is hope that COVID-19, like the flu, will weaken […] The post The Texas Polio Epidemic appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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The silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic, if there is one, seems to be that it spares children. The polio epidemic that raged off and on in the United States for about 40 years did the opposite. Indeed, it seemed to focus on children. Whereas...

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