Name: The iron lung and the fight to end polio
Uploaded: 2021-07-20T22:09:56.000Z
Duration: 2 min 20 s
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Many people today wouldn't recognize what this is

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it shows how much progress  we've made against polio.

and in most countries now, largely forgotten.

The paralysis from polio starts with your legs

and then can get up into this diaphragm area.

A lot of people died simply  because they can't breathe

and that's where this comes in to help out.

that even though your diaphragm is paralyzed,

but it used to keep thousands of people alive.

The height of the polio  epidemic in the United States

that you could see rows and  rows of in lots of hospitals,

and then that pump actually  allowing them to breathe.

The reason we don't have  kids needing these anymore

We've reduced the number of cases by 99.9 percent.

And now, wild polio is only in two countries:

During this pandemic, the world benefited

from the precious resource of the polio program

where all that personnel shifted their focus

As much as we've achieved in the polio fight,

for us to double down and finish the job.

The Global Polio Eradication  Initiative has a great plan

that will do more than just eradicate polio.

And it's thanks to the commitment of Rotary

where no child will ever be  paralyzed by polio again.

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The iron lung and the fight to end polio

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