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Today is part two of Polio Confidential: Stories from Those Who Lived It, My Journey After Contracting Polio. Today we are speaking with Janice Nichols. In 1954, she was one of over 1.8 million children who participated in the Salk polio vaccine trial, dubbed the “polio pioneers.” Their study led to the successful production of the first polio vaccination. Prior to this study, Jan was diagnosed with polio as was her twin brother, Frankie. Her brother was lost to the disease while Jan survived.

(00:25) Introduction
(02:17) Jan and Frankie's story
(07:56) How was polio viewed by families?
(10:53) How was the Salk trial conducted?
(13:38) Jan describes her post-polio syndrome.
(16:30) What would Jan share with Frankie today?

Jan is the author of “Twin Voices, A Memoir of Polio, The Forgotten Killer.” You can also read a summery of her story her story and more than 100 personal accounts and case reports about vaccine preventable diseases at Immunize.org.

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