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 @ba273756 @30ce86c6 @453ca0c7 I went to school with blokes older than me who had been partly crippled by Polio. I can remember lining up for the Sabin vaccine. 
 @80b5d937 @ba273756 @453ca0c7 I used to work with an older woman who wore calipers due to polio and I learned about post-polio syndrome which was happening to her and others decades after their original infections. Virus effects linger long. 
 @30ce86c6 @80b5d937 @ba273756 @453ca0c7 I went to school with a girl a couple of years older than me who had a limp from polio 
 @30ce86c6 @80b5d937 @ba273756 @453ca0c7 Yep. And we have no idea if a prior covid infection will reactivate years later, like post-polio syndrome and shingles can appear. It’s beyond stupid to want to gain herd immunity through infection. 
 @80b5d937 @ba273756 @30ce86c6 @453ca0c7 I'm a polio survivor who lives with post polio now. I'm only 48. 
 @ccfa6a8a wow that’s young - sorry to hear this @80b5d937 @ba273756 @453ca0c7