Nurse showing newspaper headline about Polio Vaccine, to a man on chest respirator due to polio, 1955

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alesserweevil: More than 60 years later [here’s](https://gizmodo.com/the-last-of-the-iron-lungs-1819079169) an interesting piece on the last few patients still using an iron lung.

Sierrajeff: Seems like kind of a slap in the face – “Gosh George, talk about bad timing for you!”

FrankieBones: Did the polio vaccine help people who already had polio? I thought most vaccines could prepare you to fight it off, but if you’re already sick they don’t do much.