Reinvented ‘iron lung’ technology could help save the NHS, say experts Experts are to test their new ‘iron lung’ at three hospitals in coming days to see if it can help the NHS cope with the coronavirus outbreak More info @ https://ift.tt/2UU2zGj Automated post from Polio Survivors Rotarian Action Group (RAG) – https://ift.tt/2cY37pC April 13, […]

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When Polio Triggered Fear and Panic Among Parents in the 1950s Since little was understood about the virus that left some paralyzed and others dead, fear filled the vacuum. More info @ https://ift.tt/3dB8cC0 Automated post from Polio Survivors Rotarian Action Group (RAG) – https://ift.tt/2cY37pC April 02, 2020 at 11:22AM

The deadly polio epidemic and why it matters for coronavirus Polio was nearly eradicated with the Salk vaccine in 1955. At the time, little was known about this mysterious disease that paralyzed and sometimes killed young children. More info @ https://ift.tt/2QO6zqR Automated post from Polio Survivors Rotarian Action Group (RAG) – https://ift.tt/2cY37pC March 26, 2020 […]

For those who survived polio, coronavirus is eerily familiar. But ultimately, ‘science won’. Before a vaccine arrived in the 1950s, polio had the US scared and quarantined. Now, those who lived through it face a similar terror: Coronavirus. More info @ https://ift.tt/3aaemH0 Automated post from Polio Survivors Rotarian Action Group (RAG) – https://ift.tt/2cY37pC March 21, […]

5 Things To Know About Coronavirus And People With Disabilities The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has everyone spooked, and hopefully, taking steps to control the outbreak and prepare to get through whatever may come of it. But one group faces additional risks and consequences, as well as anxieties: people with disabilities and or chronic illnesses. More […]

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Vaccine Exemption Debate Sparks Memories For Mainers Who Survived Polio In less than two weeks, Mainers will cast their votes on a referendum that seeks to repeal a new law that removes religious and philosophical exemptions More info @ https://ift.tt/38PmUm2 Automated post from Polio Survivors Rotarian Action Group (RAG) – https://ift.tt/2cY37pC February 21, 2020 at […]

Polio Could Not Break Her Spirit: This Former IIM Professor Now Teaches Physically Challenged to Drive Anita, who has a PhD from IIM Indore in Disability and Entrepreneurship, was formerly an assistant professor at IIM-Amritsar. She started the driving school in 2017 in Amritsar, and later shifted to her hometown Jaipur, where On My Own […]