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Originally Posted by cephasjames
To be fair, they (probably) also weren't given mixed messages on the dangers of polio based on political leaning. I'm sure if that was happening like it is happening now, there would have been more push back. A united message that is backed by indisputable proof goes a long way toward getting people on the same page.
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I wasn't there, but I am fairly certain that Eisenhower didn't spend a year loudly downplaying how bad polio was thus creating a mass of people believing that mitigation efforts against polio were an afront to their political leader and their 'movement' to such a degree that taking the vaccine when it came followed the same pattern.
They knew how bad poilio was because they lived it and weren't being fed daily bull**** that the reality was something other than it was. My father-in-law described the vaccine as seeming like a miracle when it arrived and getting a shot was viewed as not only self preservation and protection for his children but an act of good citizenship. A patriot act.