Lessons from the Polio Vaccine
When cases of Jonas Salk's revolutionary polio vaccine arrived at Albany International Airport in the spring of 1955, it was a cause for celebration. On this episode of The Eagle, Times Union reporter C.J. Lais takes a look back at the rollout of the polio inoculation in the Capital Region, and how it parallels that of the COVID-19 vaccine nearly 70 years later. Also on this episode, Times Union Capitol Bureau reporters discuss Attorney General Letitia James' scathing report released this week showing the state has been underreporting nursing home deaths due to COVID-19. And reporter Paul Nelson checks in on the status of six unsolved homicides in the city of Schenectady.
