David Salamone contracted polio from an oral vaccine when he was a baby. (Family photo/Family photo)In time, the Sabin vaccine became the predominant form of polio immunization, and the Salk vaccine was largely abandoned. “It was devastating and frustrating and ultimately caused me a lot of anger,” John Salamone told the Baltimore Sun in 1999. Since Jan. 1, 2000, the only polio vaccine used in the United States has been the IPV, which Salk developed almost 50 years earlier. David Salamone had relatively good health through his teen years and completed high school in Rome.

Source: Washington Post September 15, 2018 22:41 UTC