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01 September 2023, 09:57 PM
wtg
The man in the iron lung
The article is from 2020, but Paul is still alive. Reading his story is a humbling experience.

https://www.theguardian.com/so...er-polio-coronavirus


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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb

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02 September 2023, 03:14 PM
big al
That was an extraordinary story. I'm old enough to remember the terrors of polio.

The vaccine research by Dr. Jonas Salk took place in my area and some it literally in my back yard. A building that once housed laboratory animals used to be directly down the hill from my house. It's since been demolished.

This exhibit at the University of Pittsburgh recalls the fight against polio and includes an iron lung.

Big Al


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16 March 2024, 09:47 AM
wtg
RIP Paul.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/0...ticleShare&sgrp=c-cb


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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb

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16 March 2024, 11:40 AM
big al
What a testament to human resilience! RIP indeed.

Big Al


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Money seems to buy the most happiness when you give it away.

Why does everything have to be so complicated, all in the name of convenience. -ShiroKuro

A lifetime of experience will change a person. If it doesn't, then you're already dead inside. -MarkJ