UC Berkeley historian compares COVID-19 to polio epidemic of the 1950s

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

With the 65th year anniversary of the polio vaccine launch approaching, ABC7 News spoke with an expert about the striking similarity between the COVID-19 pandemic to the polio epidemic of the 1950s.

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