I knew one person who had polio as a young woman and then got post polio syndrome as a grandmother. Aunt E was very brave, but polio was a dreadful disease. My mother had a childhood friend whose mother was in an iron lung. The mirror she had reflected the outdoors, but she couldn’t hug her children. Polio kills. Polio destroys lives. Vaccines save countless lives. Our world is better thanks to vaccines and science. vaccines save lives