Which epidemic involved children passing notes window to window?

Upvote:-2

Around 1950 there was a polio epidemic in many countries. Children were particularly affected and so were isolated. Video on Youtube "History of Polio".

Polypipe Wrangler 137

📝 Why did Napoleon march to Moscow instead of Saint Petersburg?
📝 When Julius Caesar reformed the calendar in 45 BC, why didn't he add any days to February?
📝 Why didn't the Ottoman Empire remain neutral in WW1?
📝 How did a nomadic minority group the Manchus come to rule over China?
📝 Why didn't Asians discover Australia?
📝 How widespread was pacifism in the WW2 USA?
📝 Is the expression "Seal of" on the Seal of the POTUS redundant?
📝 Why did the French "surrender" all of its troops during the armistice in World War II?
📝 Where was Arielis?
📝 How did ululation originate and spread?
📝 Public knowledge of hypothetical nuclear weapons before Hiroshima?
📝 Is taking away decorations of traitors a normal modus operandi?
📝 Did people practice multiphasic sleep in the Middle Ages?
📝 Why was Copernicus not persecuted by the church, but Galileo was?
📝 How much smaller were medieval farm animals in England than today?
📝 How much firepower did the British navy represent in 1940?
📝 Were Cypriots able to pay their bills during the "bail in" of March 2013?
📝 Is there any historical evidence to support the existence of the Patriarchs outside of the Old Testament?
📝 What was the first college in an English-speaking country to use Latin in their motto?
📝 Can anybody identify this uniform?
📝 When did ancient religions start to experience dropping numbers of adherents in Europe?
📝 Has anyone come across WW1 large brass casing engraved with French cities?
📝 Why didn't the ancient Egyptians conquer an empire?
📝 Has women's suffrage ever decided an election?
📝 What were the major imports and exports of Germany and France from 1850-1915?
📝 How many citizens were in each century of the Roman electoral system?
📝 Are there ancient historical sources which have been permanently lost?
📝 Question about pilgrims
📝 How did Americans' hatred of taxes shape the country up through the Gilded Age?
📝 Where can I find fully translated letters from János Bolyai and Farkas Bolyai?

Source: stackoverflow.com

Travel Tips

Search Posts

📝 Which epidemic involved children passing notes window to window?
📝 Which STD did adults & children have in Kamchatka?
📝 Battle which has been decided by an epidemic plague
📝 Are there notes by the Founding Fathers which indicate why DC citizens were denied a vote in Congress?
📝 Which philosopher said that taking notes is good?
📝 Which culture used no personal names?
📝 Which came first: polytheism or monotheism?
📝 Were any Kings/Queens who were monarchs as children good rulers?
📝 Which European Languages are not Indo-European?
📝 Which monarch had the longest break in their reign?
📝 Which year in history had the highest ratio of non-natural deaths?
📝 Which countries (or comparable geographical units) have a lower population now than they used to at some point in history before 1950?
📝 Under which conditions does the losing party actively commemorate a battle?
📝 How do I find the sources which determined the year of the fall of Babylon?
📝 Which battle was the most lopsided result in terms of casualties?
📝 Why did people have so many children in Victorian times?
📝 Why did Roosevelt and Churchill use voice-based telecommunication, instead of simpler text-based options which were easier to encrypt?
📝 How were Kurds involved (or not) in the invasion of Normandy?
📝 Which war games did Napoleon practice with his generals?
📝 Which cultures did *not* produce alcohol?
📝 Which religion was the first monotheistic one?
📝 Are there any documented examples of wooden ships which were in active service for 100 years or more? If not, what is the longest?
📝 At which point in time did the majority of German population become aware of the Holocaust?
📝 Which languages would be most useful in Europe at the end of the 19th century?
📝 Which WW2 belligerents provided military brothels?
📝 Which bastards became kings?
📝 In which document was the exact course of the northern part of the German-Polish border decided?
📝 Did Stalin kill all Soviet officers involved in the Winter War?
📝 What exactly was East Prussia between 1933 and 1945? Was it part of a larger government, and which one?
📝 Which historical/legendary/mythological accounts turned out to be true?

Which epidemic involved children passing notes window to window?

More post

Search Posts

Related post