It was the robber of hope for a generation, several generations of children...There were many other diseases that were bad for America, but polio broke its heart.
Polio survivor Mark Sauer’s words put a now near-extinct disease into perspective for a generation of young families and physicians who will likely never encounter the disease owing to research-driven vaccination programs. However, similar to the poliovirus, other enteroviruses pose an impending threat for neurologic morbidity and mortality.