tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post8939923241596718015..comments2024-03-20T06:55:57.193-07:00Comments on Born to Blog by Beth Kaplan: vaccine article in today's Globebethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-39092051534963028902021-01-02T13:28:34.084-08:002021-01-02T13:28:34.084-08:00I think it was still a needle at that point, but I...I think it was still a needle at that point, but I may be wrong - it was a few years ago, lol. What a memory you have, Theresa! bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-70919587386859735602021-01-02T10:48:26.869-08:002021-01-02T10:48:26.869-08:00We both read and enjoyed your essay, Beth. John ha...We both read and enjoyed your essay, Beth. John has a certificate declaring him a Polio Pioneer -- he was vaccinated in Calgary, in 1954. He remembers school being closed and children asked to stay inside and laneways being sprayed with some (no doubt toxic) insecticide because no one was quite sure how it was spread. I remember slightly older friends (I was born in 1955) who'd survived polio and I am hugely grateful for the vaccine, which I received in a church basement on the corner of Fairfield Road and Moss Street in Victoria. Am I right in remembering it was given via sugar cube or was that another one? Thank you for writing this and yes, lighting a candle. theresahttp://www.theresakishkan.comnoreply@blogger.com