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Excellent historical read about what the country was going through with the polio epidemic
With the sars2covid19 pandemic going full force around the world today 8142020 i decided to pick up this 2006 book and learn mo... Read More
I am about finished with the book
Includes account of people with the disease
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Hearing about that aspect alone was worth the price of admission
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In 1949 there was an alltime high of 49000 cases of polio in the united states and a furious competition for a vaccine was taking place
This was a truly interesting book not only on the difficulty developing a polio vaccine but also the big egos in competition fo... Read More
An excellent story about the science competition politics charity and volunteerism surrounding the eradication of polio
Contrary to what many likely assume research and development efforts were characterized more by antagonisms and hostile competi... Read More
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great, many and scientific. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 592 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 4 2022.
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The scientists werevery human in their desire to be recognized
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Had no idea that the conquest of polio could be this interesting
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It was like a walk back in history
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Easy read very informative backed by science articles that are listed in back of book
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It covers every aspect of the polio epidemic from political to scientific to falsehoods to cultural to philanthropic and more
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I was always curious about why the two research scientists salk and sabinwho developed polio vaccines never got along
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Highlights the conflict between salk and sabin and their championing of killed and live virus vaccines
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I cant imagine this book having anything but a 5 star rating
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