Episode 2: Stories of Polio treatments and vaccines

This episode is about Polio, and the stories about it that led to panics, stories that led to changes in the way medicine was practiced and stories about the vaccines. This may sound like a bit of a jumble, but stories and they way they shape our lives is a thread that pulls it all together.

Get in touch on OurStoriesAndOurSelves@gmail.com or @ourstories.bsky.social

source list

https://euroweeklynews.com/2024/12/04/poliovirus-detected-in-3-european-countries/ 

https://www.newsweek.com/rfk-jr-polio-vaccine-mandate-trump-2002100

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-16/paul-alexander-life-in-iron-lung/103591570

https://historyofvaccines.org/history/polio/overview 

https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/polio-20th-century-epidemic#a-polio-epidemic-in-new-york-city 

https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/texas-announces-first-death-measles-outbreak

https://time.com/7266454/measles-outbreak-essay-ashish-jha/ 

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/what-to-know-about-measles-and-vaccines 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/routine-childhood-immunisation-schedule/routine-childhood-immunisations-from-february-2022-born-on-or-after-1-january-2020

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freedom-of-information-responses-from-the-mhra-week-commencing-16-august-2021/freedom-of-information-request-on-adverse-reactions-for-the-mmr-and-flu-vaccine-foi-21877