Leona Baumgartner Answers Questions About The Salk Vaccine and Polio

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Dr. Leona Baumgartner, Commissioner of Health, answers questions about the Salk Vaccine used to treat Poliomyelitis from a typical New York City father:

Is the Salk Vaccine Safe?
Can injections of Salk Vaccine give people polio?
Can a person get Polio after he's had shots?
Does the first shot itself protect against paralytic polio?
If the second shot is delayed will it be effective when given later on?
Should people who have had polio get vaccinated?
Does polio develop immediately after exposure to a case of polio?
How good are the results so far this year?


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


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