'There Was So Little Information': Polio Survivors Offer Pandemic Perspective
![Ina Pinkney in 1948 after undergoing her first corrective surgery.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/05/12/pinkney_3_wide-c3e76e9f1657091b6756e782768f3e11b38d1447.jpg?s=600)
The children and preteens of the U.S. polio epidemic of the 1940s and '50s are once again in a high-risk group, this time for coronavirus. They recall their experiences and the parallels to today.
(Image credit: Ina Pinkney)
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