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Post by Fred on Jun 4, 2020 14:09:18 GMT -5
Hi all … I just finished a read of “Silent Killer.” Wow! What a thriller – as suspenseful as “Snowplow Extra” – but more compact. This reading probably had more of an impact on me, considering our current pandemic, but I too am almost old enough to remember the scourge of polio, being born in 1949 and I can recall standing in line at the high school to get vaccinated. It was a scary time. It was certainly gratifying to recall how your friends, neighbors and yes, total strangers would pull together to fight these common enemies – rather than depending on the government to fight for us. Are we better off now with all the government’s resources battling this plague? I have no way of knowing, but I do know that those too young to remember this scourge are missing a giant piece of what used to be called the American spirit.
I wish I could thank Wes personally for this gift, the emotional roller coaster he sent me on was exhilarating and heartwarming … This is everything I could hope for in a story and it will probably be quite a while till I find another that means as much. A GREAT one Wes … Thank you so much!
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Post by Boyd Percy on Jun 6, 2020 12:10:00 GMT -5
Did you mean the book, Forgotten Killer?
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Post by Andrew on Jun 17, 2020 13:04:27 GMT -5
I'm at a loose end and am re-reading that particular story. Obviously there are some major differences in symptoms, incubation time and lethality, but there are some intriguing parallels between Polio and the current crisis. The worst one is between the "iron lungs" back then and the ventilators now. Polio went for the kids, the youngest dead in my area were in the age-group 35+.
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