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Hometown Stories


Oct 14, 2021

In the summer of 1950, the rural community of Wythe County, Virginia had the highest number of polio cases per capita of anywhere in the country.

We look back at an epidemic that has striking similarities to the COVID-19 pandemic - and what we can learn from both.

In this episode of Hometown Stories, we examine the “Summer Without Children.”