Regarding the coronavirus, do any of you folks remember being

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

79. I likewise think you'd remember.

I do know that late in 1955, after some bad vaccines got out, the vaccination program was suspended. I'd thought it was re-instated within a couple of months, but chances are I'm wrong on that, and that your town was lower down on the list of places to get the vaccine, and that's why it was delayed so long where you were.

We lived in Utica, NY at the time, and the Catholic School we attended was one of the ones that was part of the clinical trials. My sister was in the correct grade at the time to be part of the trials. Alas, our school got the placebo and she still had the joy of going through the series of shots again a year later.

Several years ago I read an excellent book about the more recent history of polio (starting I think in the 19th century), the development of the Salk vaccine, its testing, partial failure in the beginning, and ultimate triumph. Searching on line for it I can't seem to find it, which is too bad, because I'd like to recommend it. It might possibly have been Polio: An American Story by David M. Oshinsky, but the cover posted on line does not look familiar.