It occurred to me to wonder if RFK Jr. might be old enough to remember the US polio epidemics. He isn’t, but most people who would be old enough to remember are dead. I remember it being in the newspapers, news magazines and newsreels every summer, together with reports of public swimming pools being closed. ——Alan
People wearing leg braces as a result of polio were not a terribly uncommon sight in those days, either. And most people permanently in mental hospitals had been infected in utero because their mothers weren't immunized (either naturally or artificially) against "German measles" (rubella). -----Alan
I noticed yesterday that PM Trudeau said that if Trump should impose his threatened tariffs on imports from Canada, Canada's response will be be the same as the previous time: tariffs on imports from the US, targeted where they will have the greatest political effect. Sounds eminently reasonable to me. ------Alan
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That’s incredibly nefarious of the Rs!
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ReplyDeleteIt occurred to me to wonder if RFK Jr. might be old enough to remember the US polio epidemics. He isn’t, but most people who would be old enough to remember are dead. I remember it being in the newspapers, news magazines and newsreels every summer, together with reports of public swimming pools being closed.
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People wearing leg braces as a result of polio were not a terribly uncommon sight in those days, either. And most people permanently in mental hospitals had been infected in utero because their mothers weren't immunized (either naturally or artificially) against "German measles" (rubella).
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{listener} I remember. There was a girl in my 3rd grade class who wore leg braces, and my parents had a friend with an arm crippled from polio.
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DeleteThe article mentions that Mitch McConnell fell a few days ago spraining his wrist and receiving cuts to his face.
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I noticed yesterday that PM Trudeau said that if Trump should impose his threatened tariffs on imports from Canada, Canada's response will be be the same as the previous time: tariffs on imports from the US, targeted where they will have the greatest political effect. Sounds eminently reasonable to me.
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