Sabin And Jonas Salk Rivalry

These readings primarily covered the rivalry between Albert Sabin and Jonas Salk, and the advances that were produced due to their research. Salk who invented the very first polio vaccine that contained the killed-virus, and Sabin who preferred a live-virus vaccine. Each chapter in this assigned reading all focused on each aspect of both scientist’s contributions to eradicating America of polio. Salk who was quote ''living his postwar American dream" by running one the best-equipped laboratories in the world. So much grant money poured in that his name became known as a breakthrough, and he was only thirty-six years old. Soon he would be put under suspicion of being a communist, considering the relations between Russia and Western Democracies in 1945. Sabin's oral vaccine came after Salk's, which should shed a weakened version of the virus in fecal waste, and later replace Salk's.
They all contained passages, statistics, and historical moments recorded in American healthcare history. Sabin’s oral formula was eventually the vaccine chose for the global eradication of polio due to its superior mucosal immunity, easy administration, and cheap price. It gave immunity at mucosal surfaces like the lining of numerous tracts because they were easy targets for pathogens to enter the body. Even so, the information for both vaccines still proves its usefulness even