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How America and the USSR Secretly Joined Forces Against Polio
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How America and the USSR Secretly Joined Forces Against Polio

The clandestine collaboration of the century

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Dr. Harini Bhat
Nov 06, 2024
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You probably know who this is:

Dr. Jonas Salk

It’s Jonas Salk, the inventor of the polio vaccine. A medical icon who conquered polio. His name is etched in textbooks, museums, and institutes.

But, there’s another side to the polio story. Do you know this man?

Probably not. He also created a polio vaccine—a better one than Salk’s with the help of a special friend. Today’s Substack story was classified information until 2012.

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