The Day the Bells Rang for Salk
On April 12, 1955, scientists at the University of Michigan announced that Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was "safe, effective, and potent." Within minutes, church bells...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Corinthians 15:20-27.
On April 12, 1955, scientists at the University of Michigan announced that Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was "safe, effective, and potent." Within minutes, church bells rang across the country. Factory whistles blew. Strangers embraced on sidewalks. Parents who had spent every summer terrified — keeping children away from swimming pools and movie theaters, watching for the first signs of fever — wept openly in department stores and schoolyards.…
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