On Fri 18 Jul 2008 09:12:56a, blake murphy told us...
> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:26:09 -0500, "Chris Marksberry"
> > wrote:
>
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>>"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
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>>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:50:29 -0500, Janet Wilder
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>Arizona is not nearly as hospitable to their winter visitors. They
>>>>don't call them "Winter Arizonans" for one. We experienced the very
>>>>same type of attitude that they have in Florida when we spent a winter
>>>>month in the greater Phoenix area. One would thing that the money the
>>>>winter people infuse into the economy would be appreciated. It's not.
>>>>It's just "expected"
>>>
>>> That's how Wisconsin people are towards Illinois people. They hate
>>> us. The lakes are filled with Illinois boats and the hotel and
>>> restaurant lots are filled with Illinois plates. I really like the
>>> state and enjoy going there but I usually just go up for a day to shop
>>> for cheese and produce in the summer. A friend bought a plot of land
>>> to retire on. I don't remember how many acres is was but it was many.
>>> His taxes were $400 a year because it was considered farmland. He
>>> bought an old tractor and dug a little lake. The taxes went to over
>>> $4200 the next year because it was now classified as recreational
>>> property. The next year it doubled. He sold the farm and retired
>>> somewhere else. They are greedy and ungratefully up there.
>>>
>>> Lou
>>
>>When I was a little girl living in Chicago we visited Wisconsin during
>>the summer frequently. We had relatives there. I remember one year I
>>wasn't allowed to play with a friend I had known. Why? Because I was
>>from Chicago and might give her polio! It's one of those things you
>>never forget.
>>
>>Chris
>>
>
> people forget how terrifying the prospect of polio was in the 50's,
> before salk and sabin came along:
>
> Since people were no longer in contact with open sewers and other
> unsanitary conditions which had exposed them to small amounts of the
> polio virus as infants, when paralysis is rare, the disease grew from
> a very mild, uncommon occurrence to a terrifying epidemic. This was
> now the second generation to deal with the fear of this crippling
> disease. In an attempt to control the disease, bewildered health
> officials reinstituted the usual rules of sanitation which they would
> later learn had worsened the threat of polio. They advised against
> open drains and unscreened windows. Parents were instructed to keep
> their children well bathed, well rested, well fed, and away from
> crowds. Bathing suits were locked away in closets, and nobody went to
> the public pools. When polio struck, movie theaters were shut, camps
> and schools were closed, drinking fountains were abandoned, draft
> inductions suspended, and nonessential meetings were canceled until
> the epidemic appeared to be over for the time being.
>
> These precautions were harmless, but not particularly helpful. In the
> past, these precautions proved very effective in stopping the spread
> of diseases such as influenza and plague. For three decades now,
> people still did not know why they were getting their disease. And for
> three decades now, doctors, epidemiologists, and laboratory
> researchers were trying to figure out how the disease was spread.
>
> <http://www.honors.umd.edu/HONR269J/projects/sokol.html>
>
> think of the early AIDS hysteria and you get the idea.
I think the polio hysteria was even greater.
> i don't know whether this was the period you were in wisconsin, but
> some people never get the memo. i'm fifty-six, but i remember being
> part of the first mass administration of the sabin vaccine.
I'm 63, and remember taking the Salk vaccine on a sugar cube in our
doctor's office. It was during the first wave of vaccinations.
Actually, prior to that, my parents had a real scare with me while on
vacation with me one summer. I came down with very severe symptoms of
polio prior to the paralysis stage. The local small town doctor was
convinced that it was going to be polio. Thankfully, it was just a serious
"ordinary" viral infection.
> your pal,
> blake
>
>
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