Old Geezer Exam

I'm mind bloated. Not only that, I argue with one of the answers and suspect I'm right.

I aced the test and they said I was older than the stuff that was around before dirt.

George, re polio. That was the early 50's in my memory, whereas smallpox and diphtheria were more 40's. On the other hand, I was a little young to have an overview of it..

George, re polio. That was the early 50's in my memory, whereas smallpox and diphtheria were more 40's. On the other hand, I was a little young to have an overview of it..

The 1950s are often considered to be a safe and quiet decade when American families moved to the suburbs, drove large modern automobiles, and enjoyed a stable and prosperous economy. But beneath this tranquil scene, parents faced a great fear-the dreaded poliomyelitis, or polio as it is commonly known. The disease had killed over thirteen hundred Americans (a large percentage were children) and crippled more than eighteen thousand more in the year 1954 alone. On April 12, 1955, American received the much-welcomed news that Dr. Jonas Salk had developed a vaccine against the frightening disease. Immediately, the federal government implemented a plan to have the vaccine produced by six licensed pharmaceutical companies and distributed to children throughout the country. Within one year, the deaths attributed to polio declined by 50 per cent, and this downward trend continues to the present when polio has been totally eradicated in most of the world