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Today in #Connecticut History, May 23: A Vaccine Arrives for the Most Feared Disease of the 20th Century

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May 23: A Vaccine Arrives for the Most Feared Disease of the 20th Century

Today in 1955, hundreds of schoolchildren in the town of Stafford Springs lined up to be vaccinated against polio, as part of a massive statewide effort to protect young Connecticans from th…

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