Alma Tostmann
@almatostmann.bsky.social
#DiseaseDetective 🕵🏻♀️ | applied infectious disease epidemiology #episky | infection prevention and control #IPC | global public health |
@radboudumc.bsky.social | #LindyHop
@radboudumc.bsky.social | #LindyHop
Op 8 dec, 5-6pm, organiseert @radboudumc.bsky.social Community for #InfectiousDiseases een seminar over #AMR #AntimicrobialResistance waar voormalig @nieuws.nos.nl journalist @rinkevandenbrink.bsky.social vertelt over zijn boek #SluipendePandemie
Welkom 🏥 of 💻/ mail rci@radboudumc voor details
Welkom 🏥 of 💻/ mail rci@radboudumc voor details
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Op 8 dec, 5-6pm, organiseert @radboudumc.bsky.social Community for #InfectiousDiseases een seminar over #AMR #AntimicrobialResistance waar voormalig @nieuws.nos.nl journalist @rinkevandenbrink.bsky.social vertelt over zijn boek #SluipendePandemie
Welkom 🏥 of 💻/ mail rci@radboudumc voor details
Welkom 🏥 of 💻/ mail rci@radboudumc voor details
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#ECDC Director - Dr Pamela Rendi-Wagner opening #ESCAIDE2025:
“We see how mis and disinformation is spreading faster than any virus. Trust in public institutions is weakening. We need to ensure public health interventions remain evidence-based.”
#ESCAIDE
“We see how mis and disinformation is spreading faster than any virus. Trust in public institutions is weakening. We need to ensure public health interventions remain evidence-based.”
#ESCAIDE
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
#ECDC Director - Dr Pamela Rendi-Wagner opening #ESCAIDE2025:
“We see how mis and disinformation is spreading faster than any virus. Trust in public institutions is weakening. We need to ensure public health interventions remain evidence-based.”
#ESCAIDE
“We see how mis and disinformation is spreading faster than any virus. Trust in public institutions is weakening. We need to ensure public health interventions remain evidence-based.”
#ESCAIDE
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Lunch time?
Let's talk while having a bite at #ESCAIDE2025!
Join Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke – hosts of #ThisPodcastWillKillYou – discussing the global rise of misinformation and share practical lessons from years of their science communication.
#ScienceCommunication #SciComm #ESCAIDE
Let's talk while having a bite at #ESCAIDE2025!
Join Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke – hosts of #ThisPodcastWillKillYou – discussing the global rise of misinformation and share practical lessons from years of their science communication.
#ScienceCommunication #SciComm #ESCAIDE
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Lunch time?
Let's talk while having a bite at #ESCAIDE2025!
Join Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke – hosts of #ThisPodcastWillKillYou – discussing the global rise of misinformation and share practical lessons from years of their science communication.
#ScienceCommunication #SciComm #ESCAIDE
Let's talk while having a bite at #ESCAIDE2025!
Join Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke – hosts of #ThisPodcastWillKillYou – discussing the global rise of misinformation and share practical lessons from years of their science communication.
#ScienceCommunication #SciComm #ESCAIDE
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Abstract submission is still open for #ESCMIDGlobal 2026. Don’t miss the opportunity to take part in our annual congress and highlight your original research to the entire ESCMID community.
🗳️Submission: https://ow.ly/TSJp50XkV9S
🗓️Deadline: 26 Nov 2025
#IDSky #clinmicro
🗳️Submission: https://ow.ly/TSJp50XkV9S
🗓️Deadline: 26 Nov 2025
#IDSky #clinmicro
November 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Abstract submission is still open for #ESCMIDGlobal 2026. Don’t miss the opportunity to take part in our annual congress and highlight your original research to the entire ESCMID community.
🗳️Submission: https://ow.ly/TSJp50XkV9S
🗓️Deadline: 26 Nov 2025
#IDSky #clinmicro
🗳️Submission: https://ow.ly/TSJp50XkV9S
🗓️Deadline: 26 Nov 2025
#IDSky #clinmicro
Reposted by Alma Tostmann
🚨 New Epi Alert this week: Record pertussis activity in Japan & Ecuador. Dengue is widespread in the Americas & Asia. New Chagas cases in Brazil, rising Rift Valley fever in West Africa, increasing Q fever in Australia via zoonotic & vector-borne threats. https://ow.ly/GmB150Xfnlt
#IDSky #clinmicro
#IDSky #clinmicro
November 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM
🚨 New Epi Alert this week: Record pertussis activity in Japan & Ecuador. Dengue is widespread in the Americas & Asia. New Chagas cases in Brazil, rising Rift Valley fever in West Africa, increasing Q fever in Australia via zoonotic & vector-borne threats. https://ow.ly/GmB150Xfnlt
#IDSky #clinmicro
#IDSky #clinmicro
So the French and Italians with their “wear a speedo in a swimming pool- rule” were right after all. 🧼🏊♂️
Sorry to all our European friends who have to trade their swimming boxers 🩳 for tight swimwear 🩲 for their holiday swim
@radboudumc.bsky.social @ecdc.europa.eu
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Sorry to all our European friends who have to trade their swimming boxers 🩳 for tight swimwear 🩲 for their holiday swim
@radboudumc.bsky.social @ecdc.europa.eu
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Hygiene and attractiveness consequences of Speedos versus swimming shorts: results of a cross-over study among male academics
Whilst in most northern European countries swimming shorts are the norm, swimming briefs, or Speedos, are compulsory in France and parts of Italy. Hygiene is the main justification for this measure, b...
www.medrxiv.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:34 AM
So the French and Italians with their “wear a speedo in a swimming pool- rule” were right after all. 🧼🏊♂️
Sorry to all our European friends who have to trade their swimming boxers 🩳 for tight swimwear 🩲 for their holiday swim
@radboudumc.bsky.social @ecdc.europa.eu
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Sorry to all our European friends who have to trade their swimming boxers 🩳 for tight swimwear 🩲 for their holiday swim
@radboudumc.bsky.social @ecdc.europa.eu
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
het is belangrijk om #Rijksvaccinatieprogramma continu bij te stellen a.h.v. nieuwe ontwikkelingen, zoals veranderende #epidemiologie en ziektelast van infectiezieken, nieuwe risicogroepen, of nieuwe inzichten in de impact van de #vaccinatie strategie.
Gevolgen ⬇️zullen komende jaren zichtbaar worden
Gevolgen ⬇️zullen komende jaren zichtbaar worden
NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
het is belangrijk om #Rijksvaccinatieprogramma continu bij te stellen a.h.v. nieuwe ontwikkelingen, zoals veranderende #epidemiologie en ziektelast van infectiezieken, nieuwe risicogroepen, of nieuwe inzichten in de impact van de #vaccinatie strategie.
Gevolgen ⬇️zullen komende jaren zichtbaar worden
Gevolgen ⬇️zullen komende jaren zichtbaar worden
If at #ESCAIDE2025, check our our poster on Regional #AMR surveillance in #Netherlands🦠
💡You can still register for (free!) online attendance: the program is fantastic as always and very relevant
www.escaide.eu/en
#EpiSky @escaide.eu @ecdc.bsky.social
@radboudumc.bsky.social @suzanpas.bsky.social
💡You can still register for (free!) online attendance: the program is fantastic as always and very relevant
www.escaide.eu/en
#EpiSky @escaide.eu @ecdc.bsky.social
@radboudumc.bsky.social @suzanpas.bsky.social
Home | ESCAIDE
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October 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
If at #ESCAIDE2025, check our our poster on Regional #AMR surveillance in #Netherlands🦠
💡You can still register for (free!) online attendance: the program is fantastic as always and very relevant
www.escaide.eu/en
#EpiSky @escaide.eu @ecdc.bsky.social
@radboudumc.bsky.social @suzanpas.bsky.social
💡You can still register for (free!) online attendance: the program is fantastic as always and very relevant
www.escaide.eu/en
#EpiSky @escaide.eu @ecdc.bsky.social
@radboudumc.bsky.social @suzanpas.bsky.social
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
Reposted by Alma Tostmann
📸 The EAN photo contest for ESCAIDE 2025 is now open for submissions!
We're looking for pictures of interesting and memorable moments captured in the work of epidemiology and public health.
📅 Deadline for submissions: 10 November.
Learn more: www.escaide.eu/en/news-even...
We're looking for pictures of interesting and memorable moments captured in the work of epidemiology and public health.
📅 Deadline for submissions: 10 November.
Learn more: www.escaide.eu/en/news-even...
October 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
📸 The EAN photo contest for ESCAIDE 2025 is now open for submissions!
We're looking for pictures of interesting and memorable moments captured in the work of epidemiology and public health.
📅 Deadline for submissions: 10 November.
Learn more: www.escaide.eu/en/news-even...
We're looking for pictures of interesting and memorable moments captured in the work of epidemiology and public health.
📅 Deadline for submissions: 10 November.
Learn more: www.escaide.eu/en/news-even...
Reposted by Alma Tostmann
‼️ We hebben geen andere keuze dan onze activiteiten te staken omdat onze klinieken zijn omsingeld door Israëlische troepen. ‼️
September 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
‼️ We hebben geen andere keuze dan onze activiteiten te staken omdat onze klinieken zijn omsingeld door Israëlische troepen. ‼️
Reposted by Alma Tostmann
Voor de geïnteresseerden
“#MedicsOnTheMoveForWhatMatters [https://lnkd.in/e4zN6iiK] organiseert op madg 22 sept 2025 een internationale demo voor de EC in Brussel. Met zorgprofessionals en sympathisanten voor Gaza 🏥🩺💉🩹
@almatostmann.bsky.social
@radboudumc.bsky.social
lnkd.in/p/eC9A5utx
“#MedicsOnTheMoveForWhatMatters [https://lnkd.in/e4zN6iiK] organiseert op madg 22 sept 2025 een internationale demo voor de EC in Brussel. Met zorgprofessionals en sympathisanten voor Gaza 🏥🩺💉🩹
@almatostmann.bsky.social
@radboudumc.bsky.social
lnkd.in/p/eC9A5utx
#medicsonthemoveforwhatmatters #medicsonthemove #radboudumc | Alma Tostmann
Gedood worden omdat je je (medische) werk doet: aanvallen op zorginstellingen zijn tussen 2023 en 2024 verdubbeld en vorig jaar kwamen meer dan 900 zorgmedewerkers om het leven. Nu al overtreft 2025 d...
lnkd.in
September 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Voor de geïnteresseerden
“#MedicsOnTheMoveForWhatMatters [https://lnkd.in/e4zN6iiK] organiseert op madg 22 sept 2025 een internationale demo voor de EC in Brussel. Met zorgprofessionals en sympathisanten voor Gaza 🏥🩺💉🩹
@almatostmann.bsky.social
@radboudumc.bsky.social
lnkd.in/p/eC9A5utx
“#MedicsOnTheMoveForWhatMatters [https://lnkd.in/e4zN6iiK] organiseert op madg 22 sept 2025 een internationale demo voor de EC in Brussel. Met zorgprofessionals en sympathisanten voor Gaza 🏥🩺💉🩹
@almatostmann.bsky.social
@radboudumc.bsky.social
lnkd.in/p/eC9A5utx
DRC #Ebola is a sobering reminder that no country in Africa is immune to health security threats.
A Rapid Response Team with experts in #epidemiology, #IPC, laboratory and case management has been deployed for #surveillance, #treatment and #IPC health facilities
www.afro.who.int/countries/de...
A Rapid Response Team with experts in #epidemiology, #IPC, laboratory and case management has been deployed for #surveillance, #treatment and #IPC health facilities
www.afro.who.int/countries/de...
Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola virus disease outbreak in Kasai Province
Kinshasa – Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Kasai Province where 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths, including four health w...
www.afro.who.int
September 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
DRC #Ebola is a sobering reminder that no country in Africa is immune to health security threats.
A Rapid Response Team with experts in #epidemiology, #IPC, laboratory and case management has been deployed for #surveillance, #treatment and #IPC health facilities
www.afro.who.int/countries/de...
A Rapid Response Team with experts in #epidemiology, #IPC, laboratory and case management has been deployed for #surveillance, #treatment and #IPC health facilities
www.afro.who.int/countries/de...
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Making travel plans for ESCAIDE? 🚅
Check the practical information on our website to help you prepare transport, accommodation & more: www.escaide.eu/en/attendees...
Check the practical information on our website to help you prepare transport, accommodation & more: www.escaide.eu/en/attendees...
Practical information for Warsaw
Basic information, transportation, attractions and tips for attendees coming to Warsaw.
www.escaide.eu
September 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Making travel plans for ESCAIDE? 🚅
Check the practical information on our website to help you prepare transport, accommodation & more: www.escaide.eu/en/attendees...
Check the practical information on our website to help you prepare transport, accommodation & more: www.escaide.eu/en/attendees...
A #disaster for #PublicHealth and infectious disease prevention and control
+ for all the children who will be at risk of contracting potentially severe diseases. And for all who are not able to be vaccinated or who are immunocompromised and rely on #HerdImmunity
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
+ for all the children who will be at risk of contracting potentially severe diseases. And for all who are not able to be vaccinated or who are immunocompromised and rely on #HerdImmunity
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Florida to end vaccine mandates for children as state’s surgeon general likens them to ‘slavery’
Joseph Ladapo, a long-time vaccine skeptic, says that every state vaccine requirement would be repealed
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A #disaster for #PublicHealth and infectious disease prevention and control
+ for all the children who will be at risk of contracting potentially severe diseases. And for all who are not able to be vaccinated or who are immunocompromised and rely on #HerdImmunity
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
+ for all the children who will be at risk of contracting potentially severe diseases. And for all who are not able to be vaccinated or who are immunocompromised and rely on #HerdImmunity
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rapport over vooringenomenheid van BBC bij berichtgeving over de genocide in #Gaza
📢Ondanks 34x meer Palestijnse doden kregen Israëlische slachtoffers 33x meer aandacht per dode
📈38 Palestijnen werd gevraagd geweld te veroordelen; geen enkele Israëliër werd dit gevraagd
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
📢Ondanks 34x meer Palestijnse doden kregen Israëlische slachtoffers 33x meer aandacht per dode
📈38 Palestijnen werd gevraagd geweld te veroordelen; geen enkele Israëliër werd dit gevraagd
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
BBC On Gaza-Israel: One Story, Double Standards - Centre For Media Monitoring
cfmm.org.uk
June 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Rapport over vooringenomenheid van BBC bij berichtgeving over de genocide in #Gaza
📢Ondanks 34x meer Palestijnse doden kregen Israëlische slachtoffers 33x meer aandacht per dode
📈38 Palestijnen werd gevraagd geweld te veroordelen; geen enkele Israëliër werd dit gevraagd
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
📢Ondanks 34x meer Palestijnse doden kregen Israëlische slachtoffers 33x meer aandacht per dode
📈38 Palestijnen werd gevraagd geweld te veroordelen; geen enkele Israëliër werd dit gevraagd
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
#Nijmegen neemt het estafettestokje over: Stilte-actie voor veiligheid van zorg en zorgmedewerkers in #Gaza: 📅 Dinsdag 3 juni om 12:15u op het Geert Grooteplein (grasveld tussen ziekenhuis en medische faculteit)
@radboudumc.bsky.social #NFU
@radboudumc.bsky.social #NFU
June 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#Nijmegen neemt het estafettestokje over: Stilte-actie voor veiligheid van zorg en zorgmedewerkers in #Gaza: 📅 Dinsdag 3 juni om 12:15u op het Geert Grooteplein (grasveld tussen ziekenhuis en medische faculteit)
@radboudumc.bsky.social #NFU
@radboudumc.bsky.social #NFU
#malaria
leading cause of death in young children in more than 20 African countries.
Preventing malaria deaths requires ongoing effort, investment and commitment. #publicHealth
leading cause of death in young children in more than 20 African countries.
Preventing malaria deaths requires ongoing effort, investment and commitment. #publicHealth
Despite being preventable and treatable, malaria is the leading cause of child mortality in much of Sub-Saharan Africa—
In 2021, malaria was the leading cause of death among children under five in more than 20 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
In 2021, malaria was the leading cause of death among children under five in more than 20 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
May 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#malaria
leading cause of death in young children in more than 20 African countries.
Preventing malaria deaths requires ongoing effort, investment and commitment. #publicHealth
leading cause of death in young children in more than 20 African countries.
Preventing malaria deaths requires ongoing effort, investment and commitment. #publicHealth
⛔#StopBombingHospitals🏥
Even my 10yo daughter understands that bombing hospitals and kiling children is far beyond the #RedLine
More than 100.000 people joined a protest in The Hague yesterday, urging the Dutch government to take action and call on the Israeli government for the #genocide in #Gaza🍉
Even my 10yo daughter understands that bombing hospitals and kiling children is far beyond the #RedLine
More than 100.000 people joined a protest in The Hague yesterday, urging the Dutch government to take action and call on the Israeli government for the #genocide in #Gaza🍉
May 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the #diphtheria toxin-antitoxin #vaccine as a preventative measure, the sample size was very large, and the participants were closely followed with multiple outcome measures reported. In 1923.”
Anti-vaxxers love to claim vaccines are insufficiently tested. For one important childhood vaccine, even the CDC website seems to imply this.
But that's misleading.
Here's the real story:
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
But that's misleading.
Here's the real story:
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
CDC website implies childhood vaccine was never tested. That's misleading.
Anti-vaccine propagandists keep claiming that we need to do new placebo-controlled trials on all our vaccines because these, they say, have never been done before.
open.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 5:29 AM
“To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the #diphtheria toxin-antitoxin #vaccine as a preventative measure, the sample size was very large, and the participants were closely followed with multiple outcome measures reported. In 1923.”
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🧵 New study out of Singapore's National Centre for Infectious Diseases:
Can less PPE still keep healthcare workers safe from COVID-19 — while saving the planet? Turns out, yes. Let's unpack!
#SkyThread #InfectionControl #PPE #HealthcareSustainability jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
🧵 New study out of Singapore's National Centre for Infectious Diseases:
Can less PPE still keep healthcare workers safe from COVID-19 — while saving the planet? Turns out, yes. Let's unpack!
#SkyThread #InfectionControl #PPE #HealthcareSustainability jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Plastic Waste and COVID-19 Among Hospital Staff After Deescalation in PPE Use
This quality improvement study evaluates whether personal protective equipment (PPE) deescalation guidelines in Singapore was associated with staff COVID-19 incidence as well as the environmental sust...
jamanetwork.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
1/
🧵 New study out of Singapore's National Centre for Infectious Diseases:
Can less PPE still keep healthcare workers safe from COVID-19 — while saving the planet? Turns out, yes. Let's unpack!
#SkyThread #InfectionControl #PPE #HealthcareSustainability jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
🧵 New study out of Singapore's National Centre for Infectious Diseases:
Can less PPE still keep healthcare workers safe from COVID-19 — while saving the planet? Turns out, yes. Let's unpack!
#SkyThread #InfectionControl #PPE #HealthcareSustainability jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
May 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
btw #ESCMIDGlobal2025, I loved the graphic reporters 👨🎨 and the Scetch & Smile Area 🎨. Nice way to summarize the plenary sessions of the conference.
@escmid.bsky.social @esgni-escmid.bsky.social
Idea for @escaide.eu ?
@escmid.bsky.social @esgni-escmid.bsky.social
Idea for @escaide.eu ?
May 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
btw #ESCMIDGlobal2025, I loved the graphic reporters 👨🎨 and the Scetch & Smile Area 🎨. Nice way to summarize the plenary sessions of the conference.
@escmid.bsky.social @esgni-escmid.bsky.social
Idea for @escaide.eu ?
@escmid.bsky.social @esgni-escmid.bsky.social
Idea for @escaide.eu ?
In een infectieziektenuitbraak communiceer je *altijd*.
Preventieve maatregelen, alertheid op symptomen, of om algemene #preventie in de productieketen te verbeteren.
@fda.gov 🤷♀️
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Preventieve maatregelen, alertheid op symptomen, of om algemene #preventie in de productieketen te verbeteren.
@fda.gov 🤷♀️
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure.
www.nbcnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In een infectieziektenuitbraak communiceer je *altijd*.
Preventieve maatregelen, alertheid op symptomen, of om algemene #preventie in de productieketen te verbeteren.
@fda.gov 🤷♀️
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Preventieve maatregelen, alertheid op symptomen, of om algemene #preventie in de productieketen te verbeteren.
@fda.gov 🤷♀️
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Reposted by Alma Tostmann
The brave little boy having one of the first polio vaccines is me. At school I recall two pupils who had leg calipers because of #polio caught before they could be vaccinated and there even was an iron lung for emergency use. #Vaccination saves lives
December 14, 2024 at 10:23 AM
The brave little boy having one of the first polio vaccines is me. At school I recall two pupils who had leg calipers because of #polio caught before they could be vaccinated and there even was an iron lung for emergency use. #Vaccination saves lives