Now where did we put those iron lungs?

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Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas
BREAKING: Lead Florida GOP Senator, Manny Diaz calls for a review of all vaccine mandates, including polio, mumps, and rubella.

Just when you thought the state of affairs in Florida could not get any worse.

Link to tweet

http://desispeaks.com/polio-iron-lung/

[Texaswitchy]

1. Florida

The death state.

[mitch96]

7. Hence, Ron DeathSantis...nt

[Irish_Dem]

2. OMG, they want to bring back polio, mumps and measles.

I guess they haven't sickened or killed enough Americans.

[LeftInTX]

3. Might as well throw in rabies, DPT and everything else.

[Peregrine Took]

4. They gave me my first case of health anxiety.

Sitting in the old time doctor's office waiting room (first come first served) with my mom I picked up a copy of Life or Look magazine and talk about triggers!
Rows of kids in iron lungs. OMG.
I saw myself in one immediately

[Texaswitchy]

8. Me to.

I was to young to remember the polio scare.

But those pictures of iron lungs were so scary to a little kid.

[dalton99a]

5. Heck, bring back smallpox

[Doc Sportello]

6. Great headline

[frogmarch]

9. I just saw this article (with pictures)

https://newatlas.com/medical/british-engineers-modern-iron-lung-covid-19-ventilator-alternative/

snip:

British engineers are developing a modern version of the Negative Pressure Ventilator (NPV), more popularly known as the "iron lung," to provide COVID-19 patients under the care of the NHS with a simple, inexpensive alternative to ventilators.

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10. would you look at that

...this sounds like a really great idea.

Thanks for posting, frogmarch!