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Despite the Anti-Vax abuse of ["channeling"] Eisenhower by a Political poster here,
He Urged Americans to get the Polio Vaccine!
Opinion: Eisenhower's V-Day for vaccinations can help us today
By William Lambers
Aug 18, 2021
Austin American-Statesman
To eliminate the dreaded disease polio in the 1950s, President Dwight Eisenhower called for a V-day, asking everyone to schedule a vaccine shot. V-day was to inspire a victory through vaccination against disease.
America had won World War II, culminating with V-days in Europe and Asia. Now they could do the same against polio, a disease that potentially killed or crippled. I remember very well my Aunt Eleanor, who had trouble walking because she had polio as a child in the early 1900s. Had the vaccine been available then it would have saved her from a lifetime medical crisis.
The polio vaccines that were developed saved many lives and eventually made it a very rare disease. But that was only possible because of a sustained vaccination effort to increase participation. It was not easy.
When announcing V-day against polio, Eisenhower said: "Many people are needlessly risking death or lifetime handicap simply because they have failed to take advantage of one of medicine's great achievements." Today many people are also missing out on the COVID-19 vaccine that can save them from hospitalization or death. Not even half of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated, and meanwhile the very highly transmissible delta variant of COVID-19 is spreading rapidly.
That’s why we need a V-day, or a V-week, to rally everyone to get the vaccine against COVID-19. That is our best chance in making COVID-19 a rare disease, too. President Joe Biden and the former presidents could make televised statements urging vaccinations for V-day 2021.
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He Urged Americans to get the Polio Vaccine!
Opinion: Eisenhower's V-Day for vaccinations can help us today
By William Lambers
Aug 18, 2021
Austin American-Statesman
To eliminate the dreaded disease polio in the 1950s, President Dwight Eisenhower called for a V-day, asking everyone to schedule a vaccine shot. V-day was to inspire a victory through vaccination against disease.
America had won World War II, culminating with V-days in Europe and Asia. Now they could do the same against polio, a disease that potentially killed or crippled. I remember very well my Aunt Eleanor, who had trouble walking because she had polio as a child in the early 1900s. Had the vaccine been available then it would have saved her from a lifetime medical crisis.
The polio vaccines that were developed saved many lives and eventually made it a very rare disease. But that was only possible because of a sustained vaccination effort to increase participation. It was not easy.
When announcing V-day against polio, Eisenhower said: "Many people are needlessly risking death or lifetime handicap simply because they have failed to take advantage of one of medicine's great achievements." Today many people are also missing out on the COVID-19 vaccine that can save them from hospitalization or death. Not even half of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated, and meanwhile the very highly transmissible delta variant of COVID-19 is spreading rapidly.
That’s why we need a V-day, or a V-week, to rally everyone to get the vaccine against COVID-19. That is our best chance in making COVID-19 a rare disease, too. President Joe Biden and the former presidents could make televised statements urging vaccinations for V-day 2021.
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Opinion: Eisenhower's V-Day for vaccinations can help us today
Getting everyone vaccinated in the United States is part one of the three crucial steps we need to end this COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
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