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An unfortunate life : Comments

By Brian Holden, published 20/2/2013

The polio virus enters by the mouth. Of each 100 humans it infects, it will attack the central nervous system of only one.

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...The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss, said Thomas Carlyle. The personal indignity of physical deformity and speech impediment were compounded in this instance by poverty. Even in these times there is little prospect of escape from this "mire" of humiliation!
Posted by diver dan, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:29:54 AM
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Incredible as it seems, there are people who are sufficiently ignorant, and sufficiently brainwashed, and sufficiently dumb, to oppose the use of vaccines - the polio vaccine being one of them.
Posted by GYM-FISH, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 7:15:57 PM
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What a sad story, but yet strangely uplifting.
Tom sounds like a wonderfully positive person who made the best of a tough life.

This story should be made compulsory reading to persons who are against vaccinations.
Posted by Suseonline, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 10:20:33 PM
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