A Shot in the Dark

The Polio Vaccine

S1 • E12    Aug 3, 2023    44m
The pesticide DDT used in the 1940s-50s to fight malaria, was also sprayed on children to prevent polio. It caused polio-like paralysis instead. The first polio vaccine's rollout was disastrous.

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