"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Fri 18 Jul 2008 09:12:56a, blake murphy told us...
>
>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:26:09 -0500, "Chris Marksberry"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"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.

There has been much hoopla locally because of the death of Dr. Michael
DeBakey. Yes I know he did very good things for heart disease and saved
lives but I wonder how much Dr. Sauk got.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Salk

Chris