1/4 My mother was one of the first to get the polio vaccine. Dr. Salk tested it on her at the University of Pittsburgh since she had already been afflicted by the disease.

2/4 She contracted polio in 1951. She spent weeks in the hospital in isolation paralyzed initially from the waist down. She then spent 9 months in a rehab hospital away from her family trying to learn to sit up, stand and walk with crutches again. She was 10 years old.

3/4 Her left leg was forever paralyzed. The trauma of isolation and separation from her family was so great it’s almost too painful for her to recall. Nevertheless, she became a medical doctor and practiced medicine for 50 years. Here is what she says about the covid vaccines:

4/4 “The very best minds in the field assure us these vaccines are as safe as any that have ever been developed. They are more effective than the flu vaccine. If we have any respect for science, we have to respect the truth about these immunizations, which is that they work.”