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Paul Alexander, the polio survivor who spent over 70 years in an Iron Lung, has died at 78 (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Worth noting that being vaccinated makes it harder to spread

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

If anybody wonders how, it's because vaccination means the immune system reduces viral load, so you spread much less virus and thus others exposed have a better chance of avoiding infection.