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This is from a drive-in polio vaccination spot in Los Angeles in 1960. It's notable Mom is driving a bugeye as Dr. Jonas Salk, the inventor of the polio vaccine, drove a bugeye when he was at Pitt. That car was later sold to Donna Mae Mims, famous Sprite racer who converted it to its "Think Pink" livery.
[FONT="]This picture brings back a lot of memories. I remember my big cousins trying to scare me with tales of the giant needle I was going to get jabbed with for the polio vaccine before entering the first grade and how happy we all were when we got the oral vaccine in later grades. Being told not to play with friends who were suspected of being infected. The local sanitarium would bring kids confined to wheelchairs out to watch the Memorial and Veterans Day parades. I remember seeing older folks and kids walking in braces due to polio and what a big deal it was when the scourge was ended. I hope there's another brilliant doctor or team out there like Dr. Salk that can put a quick and safe end to this latest virus.[/FONT]