[Magdalen] Jonas Salk happy birthday

James Oppenheimer oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Tue Oct 28 05:19:02 UTC 2014


Today would be Jonas Salk's one-hundredth birthday.

We in Pittsburgh area remember all the kids lining up at the Cathedral of
Learning to get their polio shots.  In time, it would be supplanted by the
oral Sabine vaccine, but at the time, he was the guy who made it possible
for kids to go back to swimming pools without fear.

James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente


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