Asa The Donald himself might have said

Perhaps if Lincoln had not spent so much time crossing the Delaware to get to the airport and had instead produced edible bleach for his soldiers, and himself, to take and thus make themselves immune to bullets, then he would not have been shot at the Little bighorn by Lee Steve Harvey!

That's interesting Len. I thought the post said manymore but the link no longer works for me.

@FrayedBear it was ten died, 169 (some sources say up to 200) with some degree of paralysis and out of the test group of 200,000 about one fifth became ill to a greater or lesser degree, with most recovering.
Ultimately the vaccine was perfected and the death rate of 2400 per annum (mostly children) was reduced to zero by the 1980s.
It was an absolutely appalling tragedy and should never have happened, and justly served as a warning for years about not rushing improperly tested vaccines out on to the open market due to political pressure, unfortunately one that is today being ignored in the rush to save the economies of the word, rather than the lives of the people.

@LenHazell53 It didn't stop the horror of thalidomide.
Some years ago I read that Kabul Afghanistan was extremely unsanitary but was never subjected to polio. I have never bothered to verify the fact.

@FrayedBear So tragically true, Thalidomide was the pharmaceutical industry, specifically the german Pharmaceutical company Chemie Grunenthal profiteering by pushing it as a wonder drug on women as a universal panacea for "women's troubles". It was known to cause birth defects in Germany literally years before it was noticed and then proven to do so elsewhere in the world.
Marketed under various names in various countries it managed to escape detection as the cause for far to long.
Initially since it was give as a cure for the symptoms of PMT/PMS, the menopause, period cramps and "hysteria" it was not such a problem. It was when marketed as a cure for Morning sickness, that the horror story began.
Despite Chemie Grunenthal, causing the problem and being forced to pay reparations, they continued to export the drug to the USA until 1986 as a cure for Leprosy.
The same company is in trouble again today over the addictive effects and poisonousness of their opioid painkillers drug Tramadol.

Moscow Mitch has wanted to cut Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security forever, he won't help because he's getting his wish.

Vaccinations have saved many lives. I suspect the old problem ofcorprate greed, short cutting on proces s or employee under training & or or payment are culpable.

@ZenMasterD libtard, libertard, and now Trumptard - the perfect American tard-fecta. When I was a kid we'd only use retard or just 'tard. It's kind of ironic that America with so many mental health issues is still using mental retardation as some great put down of those they dislike.I guess polite society has taken away most of their racist put downs so they have to fixate on IQ.