When I was a child, there were not that many vaccines. I was vaccinated for polio. I actually got measles as a child. I got pertussis, whooping cough. I remember that very well.
Anthony Fauci
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I actually wanted to play the violin before I had polio, and then afterwards, there was no reason not to.
Itzhak Perlman
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We've actually eliminated Type II polio in the world, at least as far as we can tell.
Seth Berkley
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The difference is that with Ebola, it is such a devastating disease, and there is still no cure. They're still working on vaccines. The fact of the matter with polio, there is a cure; there is a vaccine.
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The March of Dimes turned a disease not nearly as prevalent as childhood cancer into a national crusade. Polio was not that widespread.
David Oshinsky
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When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated. I was paralyzed for a while, so I watched television.
Francis Ford Coppola
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One of the things polio does is it takes away your energy. They don't know very much about it. They should be a lot more aware of what polio is.
Charlie Haden
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In Jamaica, we eradicated polio many years ago, but there are a lot of kids suffering in Africa still.
Ziggy Marley
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My father contracted polio on a troop train in Korea.
David Alan Grier
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Americans spend more money on Botox, face lifts and tummy tucks than on the age-old scourges of polio, small pox and malaria.
Victor Davis Hanson
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If you give us a safe vaccine, we'll use it. It shouldn't be polio versus autism.
Jenny McCarthy
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Ninety percent of the cases of polio are in security-vulnerable areas.
Bill Gates
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My fear is that if we don't take remedial steps to control polio in the tribal areas, we will be faced with international sanctions.
Mamnoon Hussain
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I went to several different grade schools all over the West Coast. I got polio when I was 8 and spent eight months in the hospital and a rehab clinic in Seattle.
Dennis Washington
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I don't think there is any philosophy that suggests having polio is a good thing.
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I had polio when I was 13. I started feeling stiff, my joints ached, and over a two-week period I lost my coordination and 20 pounds.
Jack Nicklaus
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After having polio, my right leg was weaker, so I wasn't great at football. But I swam lots and even did long-distance running.
Donovan
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There are cases where government-to-government aid actually has worked. Look at the eradication of smallpox and the near eradication of polio. But these are really top down solutions that require government-to-government support and aid.
Jacqueline Novogratz
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