| Show ti x AeK 89 t A n d aJ 4 r y 4 DRIVE TO KNOCK OUT pUT P POLIO LIO IS BACK Q r BY EV Y ONE f Utah's KO POLIO drive aimed at stamping out the crippling disease permanently In Utah 1 is picking up speed as more organizations z volunteer t to be lI pp campaign Urged Urge to Attend In an official state don ion Governor G George orge D D. D Clyde has urged all citizens to to attend the polio tunics clinics I Ithe I Governor Clyde commended the I I I t. t Utah ah State Medi Medical al Association I I and arid the local and state health I I groups who are spearheading the thee I program and proclaimed March 12 2 and 3 shall be known known as Ko Polio 1010 Week end in Utah All AU Polo I c cit citizens citizens' zene over six weeks of age Including those who have had the Salk vaccine are urged to go to toI the clinic nearest their homes and I avail themselves of this protection protection tion both for their own personal good and also to help eradicate the crippling disease permanently In In the State of of Utah I The Sabin oral vaccine will be given on sugar cubes making it I simple as eating a 11 piece of candy I to get immunization from the dl- dl sease cease Even those who have had Salk vaccine shots shot's are re urged to I take the Sabin vaccine because of th the added protection it provides provIdes pro pro- vides and also because it eliminates eliminates ates polio carriers Perfectly healthy people may y be carriers I unless th they y have had toad the Sabin vaccine I Clinic Program I Opening round round of the KO I PO POLIO IO program program Is scheduled for I Saturday and Sunday S March 2 and 3 Everyone except babies undertake de w weeks eks of f age is invited I and urged urge to attend the clinics About clinics In all aU parts of the state will be set up to to bring the program into every neighbor neighbor- hood M Most st of ot the clinics will wm be beIn beIn bein in schools The first round of ot the program is particularly Important because th the Type I polio pallo vaccine will be given at this time More than 80 per cent of all polio cases result from this Type I virU virus Dr Allan p. p Macfarlane state chairman for tor the KO POLIO campaign campaign cam cam- reports that more more than volunteer workers from the ilie Utah tah P pJ Pharmaceutical e Association local and state health departments departments departments depart depart- ments nurses organizations organizations- the Utah Congress of TA P-TA the Wo Wo- WO-I WO mens ens ena Auxiliary of the Utah State Medical Medical Association As the J Junior 1 r Le League Tied REId Cross The National Found Foundation Boy BOT Scouts Girl Scouts Scout college frat fraternities and sororities sororities' Junior Chamber and andI I many other othe organization are cooperating cooperating co co- co- co operating with nearly 1000 doctors doc dex- tors tom who wh of the Utah State Medical M Association II |
