What We Can Learn From The Roll Out Of The Polio Vaccine

Air Date: Feb 25 2021

Health care workers inoculate first- and second-graders at St. Vibiana’s school in Los Angeles against polio with the vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk and his colleagues at The University of Pittsburgh. (AP Photo)

As the U.S. begins to undertake the largest vaccination effort in history, we look to see what lessons we can learn from polio vaccination rollout in the 1950s. We talk with dean emeritus of pharmacy at the University of Pittsburgh, where Jonas Salk developed his pioneering vaccine.

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Kealey Bultena Host
Joe Tarr Producer
Lee Rayburn Technical Director
Randy Juhl Guest

What We Can Learn From The Roll Out Of The Polio Vaccine

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