Post #3678527
2026-07-08 18:48 UTC
My mother was a polio survivor. She made sure I got every vaccine when I was young. She is why I am pro-vaccine now.
The last polio survivor in America to depend on an iron lung has died.
She lived more than 70 years at the mercy of that machine.
https://ktla.com/news/last-american-polio-survivor-in-an-iron-lung-dies-at-78/
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@RnDanger@infosec.exchange 2026-07-08 19:00
@shrugdealer@kolektiva.social I thought for sure there was no way she was still using it but wow