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Polio vaccine set off wave of relief, and a wave of resistance. COVID-19 era may be similar

The New Yorker's Jill Lepore takes a look back at how the polio vaccine saved lives and changed the course of history, and how resistance to it may be repeated in the era of COVID-19.

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