The slogan, “Hug me! I’m vaccinated,” was formed to encourage more people to get vaccines so diseases that can be avoided aren’t unnecessarily spread. (Chrisman-Campbell, Kimberly). This promotion of vaccines would be less common if it wasn’t for Jonas Salk’s scientific advancements that lead him to create the first dead vaccine for polio. This all started in college when Salk decided to study microbiology instead of law, which was what he originally intended to major in. Eventually Salk earned his medical degree in 1939 (Salk, Jonas (1914-1995)). His studies in college were only the beginning of his pursuit of scientific knowledge that later caused him to create the dead polio vaccine and make other scientific discoveries that lead him to
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Salk, in association with Dr. Thomas Francis, Jr., started conducting research at the University of Michigan to discover a way to produce a flu shot. (Foner, Eric, and John A. Garrett). This accomplishment of creating an effective flu shot acted as a precursor to his later success in other vaccines, both of which impacted American society. Later, in 1947 Salk was nominated for a position at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. Salk utilized the research facilities at the university to conduct experiments that acted as prerequisite research that led to his later development of the polio vaccine (Academy of Achievement). Therefore, this was a great accomplishment because it is what lead him to create the breakthrough of the polio vaccine that greatly influenced the health of the American population. After this aforementioned discovery of the effective method in creating the polio vaccine, in 1955, Salk received the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor for his vaccine work (Littley, Ronald). Hence, this achievement shows that the American government felt that Salk’s work was so influential to America that they awarded him with this great medal. Thus, Salk’s achievements have both lead to his influence and represent his great influence on American …show more content…
One example of this was when Salk was able to prevent a flu epidemic through his contribution to the creation of the flu shot (Academy of Achievement). Hence, Salk was able to influence American society by bringing about a positive health change to the population. Furthermore, this also brought relief to the American society since they didn’t have to lose sleep worrying about the possibility of dying in a flu epidemic because the vaccine prevented it. Moreover, when Salk first started having his vaccine distributed, there was an instance where a strand of the vaccine wasn’t developed right, so 200 people contracted polio after being inoculated. When the one laboratory that was not producing vaccines up to par was identified, higher standards for producing vaccines were implemented to prevent the incident from happening again. Thus, this mishap in Salk’s vaccine promoted better quality vaccines which caused the time period to have a healthier and safer population.. Therefore, Salk was the most influential person to American society during his time period due to his discoveries in science that lead the American population to be healthier and feel
Salk, in association with Dr. Thomas Francis, Jr., started conducting research at the University of Michigan to discover a way to produce a flu shot. (Foner, Eric, and John A. Garrett). This accomplishment of creating an effective flu shot acted as a precursor to his later success in other vaccines, both of which impacted American society. Later, in 1947 Salk was nominated for a position at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. Salk utilized the research facilities at the university to conduct experiments that acted as prerequisite research that led to his later development of the polio vaccine (Academy of Achievement). Therefore, this was a great accomplishment because it is what lead him to create the breakthrough of the polio vaccine that greatly influenced the health of the American population. After this aforementioned discovery of the effective method in creating the polio vaccine, in 1955, Salk received the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor for his vaccine work (Littley, Ronald). Hence, this achievement shows that the American government felt that Salk’s work was so influential to America that they awarded him with this great medal. Thus, Salk’s achievements have both lead to his influence and represent his great influence on American …show more content…
One example of this was when Salk was able to prevent a flu epidemic through his contribution to the creation of the flu shot (Academy of Achievement). Hence, Salk was able to influence American society by bringing about a positive health change to the population. Furthermore, this also brought relief to the American society since they didn’t have to lose sleep worrying about the possibility of dying in a flu epidemic because the vaccine prevented it. Moreover, when Salk first started having his vaccine distributed, there was an instance where a strand of the vaccine wasn’t developed right, so 200 people contracted polio after being inoculated. When the one laboratory that was not producing vaccines up to par was identified, higher standards for producing vaccines were implemented to prevent the incident from happening again. Thus, this mishap in Salk’s vaccine promoted better quality vaccines which caused the time period to have a healthier and safer population.. Therefore, Salk was the most influential person to American society during his time period due to his discoveries in science that lead the American population to be healthier and feel