The fight to eradicate polio had many unsung heroes, and it sounds very much like he was one such. It sounds like Dr. Salk was not so fair to him.
May he rest in piece.
I am linking here a highly educational and fascinating interview, particularly starting at the 42nd minute on the development of the vaccine and the cases of vaccine induced polio.
Notice also the story of virus after improper inactivation batches starting around that 42nd minute at the Cutter Labs in Oakland CA what is known as the Cutter incident from Cutter Labs produce vaccine because Salk would not report the problem with the method of production of the vaccine so as not to ever so slightly dim his glory. Apparently the result was 250 kids unnecessarily died (or 10? and 164 paralyzed). The Cutter incident seems to be the seeds of the anti vaccine movement.
The Sabin Vaccine (live polio) apparently was what caused the cases of Vaccine Induced Polio after the 60s, as it was the form most prevalent from the early 60s until 2000 when the US switched back to inactivated version of the vaccine (Salk variety of the vaccine)
Listen also to his interview on soundcloud.
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