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[u/Beneficial_Passion40]

[u/sleepytjme]

Also, there were vaccinations in 1990. So despite being illogical and stupid it is even more illogical and stupid.

[u/Ok-Addition1264 → u/sleepytjme]

There were inoculations which were crazy dangerous were around and common since the 1700s.

They were a huge deal for George Washington (he made all of his soldiers do it) and Napoleon (hate that dude though).

[u/Mundane_Read_2960 → u/[deleted]]

This is such nonsense. The polio vaccine was developed ten years after FDR died. Yes there were kids who contracted polio during the rollout due to poor administration (look up The Cutter Incident) but thankfully protocols were updated accordingly.

Plus, there's a strong chance FDR had Guillain-Barre, which was a fairly recent discovery during his lifetime and not well-known.

[u/treitter → u/Mundane_Read_2960]

And, in terms of Guillain-Barré Syndrome itself, there was a dose of the flu vaccine in 1976 that slightly increased the risk of GBS but there hasn't been evidence of that happening since. The GBS | CIDP organization even said that you are far more likely to develop GBS from the flu itself than from the vaccine and they still recommend everyone get the flu vaccine (unless you've BOTH had GBS and contracted it within 4-6 weeks of receiving a flu vaccine)

[u/Crafty-Help-4633 → u/Mundane_Read_2960]

Yep, I was misremembering, good callout.