We may be of a similar age cohort.

I vividly recall my parents' mounting anxiety as three of our neighborhood kids were stricken and put in iron lungs. One died (age 4), two recovered (ages 5 & 6) after around 6 months in hospital. I've kept track of one - she's 74. In her 50s, she developed muscle degeneration as part of post-polio syndrome. Wrecked her ability to live independently.

I got both the Salk and the later Sabin vaccine. That took a huge weight from my parents' spirit, improved our family dynamics.

I'll track this story. I deeply hope for polio to follow smallpox into oblivion.