Cold War tensions and the polio vaccine Cold War tensions and the polio vaccine Polio (Infantile paralysis or poliomyelitis) epidemics were a concern during the summer months for children globally, with records of polio from the Egyptians and Greeks to the 1950s epidemics. In the summer of 1921, this epidemic became notorious when Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Democratic contender for the vice presidency, was struck down by polio at the age of 39. Two U.S. virologists, Jonas Salk of the University of Pittsburgh and Albert B. Sabin of the University of Cincinnati emerged as the most prominent among dozens of American researchers on the quest for a
Bruce George (Genius Is Common) as Albert Einstein."-Bruce George "It’s imperative that these spoken word artists be catapulted to the mainstream and be recognized. Finally the marriage between hip-hop and spoken word can begin the arduous task of reconciliation." —Bruce George George graduated from Niagara University with a B.A. degree in Psychology. Bruce George is the Founder/Managing Editor of: Bruce George (Genius Is Common) Bruce George is the Co-Founder of the award-winning "Russell Simmons Presents, Def Poetry Jam (HBO)," and the Founder of the rapidly growing "Genius Is Common" Movement. Genius is Common means that all beings have a genius in them... An example can