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Tanuki

(15,248 posts) Fri Oct 29, 2021, 10:23 AM Oct 2021

Rep. Steve Cohen shares his history of having polio as a child.

I did not know that about him.

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Rep. Steve Cohen shares his history of having polio as a child. (Original Post) Tanuki Oct 2021 OP

there but for good fortune go I rurallib Oct 2021 #1

rurallib

(63,119 posts)

1. there but for good fortune go I

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Fri Oct 29, 2021, 11:17 AM

Oct 2021

I was somewhere @5 when the vaccine became available. Once we were vaccinated my parents were so thankful.

I was so lucky to grow up without worrying about getting polio. My parents had friends who had polio, so we knew very well what it was.

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