Albert Sabin conducted at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1992 when Sabin was 86. A year later, Sabin died in Washington, D.C., from heart failure. Sabin refused to patent his vaccine, waiving every commercial exploitation by pharmaceutical industries, so that the low price would guarantee a more extensive spread of the treatment. From the development of his vaccine Sabin did not gain a single dollar, and continued to live on his salary as a professor. Albert Sabin Albert Bruce Sabin (born Abram Saperstein; August 26, 1906 – March 3, 1993) was a Polish American medical researcher, best known for developing the oral polio
Texans for Vaccine Choice Texans for Vaccine Choice Texans for Vaccine Choice (TFVC) is a political action committee in Texas which advocates for exemptions to vaccination requirements. TFVC has been criticized as anti-vaccine by David Gorski and some news outlets. Texans for Vaccine Choice was founded in 2015 by a group of mothers, lead by Jackie Schlegel, who opposed legislation proposed by state representative Jason Villalba (R-Dallas) which would have eliminated conscientious exemptions to vaccination requirements in the state of Texas. Referring to this bill, TFVC executive director Jackie Schlegel said “This is Texas. We believe in parental rights in Texas. Like, that is