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I don't think there is any philosophy that suggests having polio is a good thing.

I consider myself incredibly lucky to live and work in places like Canada and the U.S. where polio no longer threatens to rob the livelihoods of innocent children. As a young woman, I stand behind the women around the globe who are leading the charge against polio and working relentlessly to achieve a polio-free world.

We've actually eliminated Type II polio in the world, at least as far as we can tell.

If you give us a safe vaccine, we'll use it. It shouldn't be polio versus autism.

My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea.

I am more connected to the world of the imagination, but you don't have to have polio to do that.

Nigeria and Pakistan are two countries that have had a lot of trouble with polio. And part of the reason is that there's a lot of political unrest, and people really distrust what the government is doing. That has an effect on people's health, and it has an effect on the health of children.

In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still.

There are very few issues that lie specifically in one region now. Polio in Syria doesn't affect Syria alone. I don't think any issue can ever be isolated into local politics these days, because we all know too much.