In the 1950s, one of the first polio vaccines to hit the market was administered to over 200,000 children in the mid-United States. "[The Vaccine Race] really recovers stories we need to recover," Wadman told host Stephen Quinn on CBC's The Early Edition. "This was done with the sign-off and the approval of the medical research establishment." The infamous Cutter Incident left 200 children paralyzed and 10 dead after the adminstration of a defective polio vaccine. With files from CBC's The Early EditionTo listen to the full interview, click on the audio labelled: Deadly history of vaccines highlights how important they are, says author

Source: CBC News March 16, 2017 21:11 UTC