On Fri 18 Jul 2008 02:14:13p, Chris Marksberry told us...
>
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> 5.247...
>> 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
m...
>>>>> 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
I was ten years old in 1955 when I received the polio vaccine. I remember
there was a great deal of excitement about Salk at the time. I imagine he
garnered much acclaim.
--
Wayne Boatwright
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