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Show 'j EDITORIAL POLIO STILL POWERFUL I The widespread epidemic recently rag- I ing in Detroit served notice to a startled nation that polio' has lost none of its powerful pow-erful impact and should be a reminder to all parents in Springville and Mapleton I whose children have not had their shots. I The disease still strikes unpredictably and i with savage force. It finds its victims among i the unvaccinated. j The Detroit epidemic first hit the low income areas. Then it spread out striking without warning and hitting people of all !; ages. Fully half the cases were paralytic. People were frightened. There was a i veritable stampede for Salk shots. Families, j; including babies, teenagers, mothers and j- fathers wanted shots before it was too late. I I Surely there is a sober lesson to be learned here. Some people have been smug. They are gratefully aware that polio incidence has been relatively low. They know there is a vaccine to prevent paralytic attack. But too many seem to forget that vaccine on the druggists' shelves cannot prevent anything. To be effective in stopping paralytic polio, vaccine must be used. Three shots properly spaced out as the doctor directs, have the power to prevent polio's paralytic attack. Get them for yourself and your family fam-ily while there's still time. Don't let our community be surprised by a disastrous epidemic. epi-demic. There's no basis to think it can't happen here unless you know that 80 per cent or more of the population has been immunized with three shots of vaccine. |