Polio's pretty special because once you get an eradication, you no longer have to spend money on it; it's just there as a gift for the rest of time.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We've actually eliminated Type II polio in the world, at least as far as we can tell.
I am more connected to the world of the imagination, but you don't have to have polio to do that.
I'm old enough to remember when the polio vaccine was still new. Also, it hadn't been that long since most people who caught pneumonia died from it. These medical breakthroughs were practically miracles.
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.
In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still.
My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea.
Ninety percent of the cases of polio are in security-vulnerable areas.
I had a mild case of polio - not enough to put me in an iron lung, but enough to keep me bedridden for weeks. As I came out of it, my mom wanted to do something for me. She realized that, growing up in the city, I'd missed out on a lot of nature.
I don't think there is any philosophy that suggests having polio is a good thing.
If you give us a safe vaccine, we'll use it. It shouldn't be polio versus autism.