When thinking of today’s medical advancements, it is common for one to overlook a simple, but powerful medical innovation: the vaccine. Now, imagine a world where young children fall dead in the streets, paralyzed or covered in scars, and open wounds that ooze pus and stain the skin. Imagine a world where high mortality rates of children are common. Imagine a world where a substantial amount of the children who do survive to adulthood, are unable to move freely or suffer severe physical and mental handicaps. This “imagined” world has existed.
Before the medical world came to understand what caused certain illnesses, they were unable to produce treatments for diseases such as polio. With the rise of the vaccine, however, the United States
Before the medical world came to understand what caused certain illnesses, they were unable to produce treatments for diseases such as polio. With the rise of the vaccine, however, the United States