If you take a deep dive on polio, there is compelling evidence that it was used as a scapegoat for a toxic insecticide. The insecticide, DDT, was popular and sprayed everywhere. Its use coincided heavily with the rise of polio.
The US banned DDT in the 50s. Numbers of polio cases dwindled thereafter.
Of course, we had the "wonder vaccine" to credit, right?
If you take a deep dive on polio, there is compelling evidence that it was used as a scapegoat for a toxic insecticide. The insecticide, DDT, was popular and sprayed everywhere. Its use coincided heavily with the rise of polio.
The US banned DDT in the 50s. Numbers of polio cases dwindled thereafter. Of course, we had the "wonder vaccine" to credit, right?