\u00a7<\/p>\n \u00dcber die letzten Polio-Opfer, die in den USA noch (fast ganz oder zum Teil) in einer eisernen Lunge leben – und \u00fcber ihre Probleme, diese letzten Maschinen ihrer Art am Funktionieren zu halten: When Lillard was a child, polio was every parent\u2019s worst nightmare. The worst polio outbreak year in US history took place in 1952, a year before Lillard was infected. There were about 58,000 reported cases. Out of all the cases, 21,269 were paralyzed and 3,145 died. \u201cThey closed theaters, swimming pools, families would keep their kids away from other kids because of the fear of transmission,\u201d Bruno said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n (…)<\/p>\n In 1955, Americans finally had access to the polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk. \u201cIt was hailed as a medical miracle and the excitement about it was really unparalleled as far as health history in the United States,\u201d Jay Wenger, director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation\u2019s polio-eradication effort told me. \u201cNo one who remembers the 1950s, in terms of polio, wants to go back there and be in that situation again.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n (…)<\/p>\n another thing they all had in common is a desire for the next generations to know about them so we\u2019ll realize how fortunate we are to have vaccines. \u201cWhen children inquire what happened to me, I tell them the nerve wires that tell my muscles what to do were damaged by a virus,\u201d Mona said. \u201cAnd ask them if they have had their vaccine to prevent this. No one has ever argued with me.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Ich hatte selbst noch einen Altersgenossen, der wegen einer \u00fcberstandenen Polio-Erkrankung leicht verkr\u00fcppelt war und hinkte. Es f\u00e4llt mir sehr schwer, sachlich mit Impfleugnern zu diskutieren.<\/p>\n \u00a7<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.vorspeisenplatte.de\/speisen\/archiv\/171121_01_Nachtmahl.jpg\")
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