POLIO: THE FOUNDING MYTH OF MODERN MEDICINE, PART 1

Jefferey Jaxen Investigates polio: the founding myth of modern medicine. The world’s eyes are once again on the story of polio – a medical story we’ve been led to believe is one of modern medicine’s great achievements. From its early 1894 U.S. outbreak in Vermont, the race to develop a vaccine, through to modern-day attempts at eradication, there is more to the record than the public has been led to believe – and the uncomfortable parallels with the COVID pandemic so many are now familiar with. This is part 1 of a 2-part series premiere.