Jonas Salk: Polio Pioneer by Corinne Naden

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Through it all, he remained his own person, his eyes always on the next scientific mystery to be solved. ” And so he did. 42 Dr. Jonas Salk believed in himself and continued his work until his death in 1995. ” Jonas Salk was a confident man, above all a man who believed in himself and did not glory in praise. In its June 30, 1995, edition, shortly after his death and more than forty years after the first announcement of the polio vaccine, the San Diego Union printed a cartoon. It shows a young boy standing in front of Jonas Salk’s tombstone.

Jonas Salk believed in himself and continued his work until his death in 1995. ” Jonas Salk was a confident man, above all a man who believed in himself and did not glory in praise. In its June 30, 1995, edition, shortly after his death and more than forty years after the first announcement of the polio vaccine, the San Diego Union printed a cartoon. It shows a young boy standing in front of Jonas Salk’s tombstone. ” In back of him, lying on the ground, are leg braces that are no longer needed.

Most people had never heard of him or his vaccine. But they had heard of polio, so they listened. The doctor explained what caused polio, what the virus was, and how the experimental vaccine worked. He also explained that a vaccine that could be used widely would not be ready for some time. Late in 1953, Basil O’Conner of the National Foundation announced that the vaccine would go into field trials the following year. This meant testing on a large number of children who never had polio. It was to be the largest field trial of a vaccine ever.

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