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Casey Finnerty

Hilary Koprowski, Developed Live-Virus Polio Vaccine, Dies at 96 - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Fascinating obituary on the scientist who developed the first attenuated virus vaccine for polio. Surprise! It was not Salk nor Sabin.
Casey Finnerty

In Nigeria, Polio Vaccine Workers Are Killed by Gunmen - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • In a roundabout way, the C.I.A. has been blamed for the Pakistan killings.
  • The killings, with eerie echoes of attacks that killed nine female polio workers in Pakistan in December, represented another serious setback for the global effort to eradicate polio.
  • Since the vaccine ruse in Pakistan, she said, “Frankly, now, I can’t go to them and say, ‘The C.I.A. isn’t involved.’ ”
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