About Polio


About Polio
Can you prevent polio?
How do you get polio?
Cases and Graphs of polio.
Where is polio found?
The history of polio.
How would polio affect my life?
How do i know if i have polio?
What does polio look like?

The history of polio.

In the 1940's and 50's polio was very common and very dangerous. In 1955 the Salk vaccine was invented. Today the polio disease is very rare and is very close to being gone. Infact Presidebt Roosevelt had polio and was paralyzed from the waist down. In 1953 Dr. Salk made the Salk vaccine.