On This Date

This from The New York Times: "On Feb. 23, 1954, the first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began in Pittsburgh.".

Would it have happened today?

How many injunctions? How many flawed anti-inoculation "studies" would have to be done first?

How many parents would refuse to have their children protected from polio?

Would it still be the killer it was back then?

Don't you wonder?

Our current anti-science bias still allows people to die if the cure offends some folks religion -- of course, it's usually ONLY women -- and, no one really gives a damn about them. You only have to look at various anti-woman bills being promoted by "Pro-Family-Republicans", and some "Conservative Democrats".

Welcome to 18th century America.