The Polio Epidemic - FDR & The March of Dimes - Medical History - Extra History

[@isaacthek]

I didn't realize THAT'S why he's on the Dime! Now I'm almost in tears!

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEET

[@MrJacobElias]

Ye.. i felt that.

[@IQstrategy]

That was inspirational & love this channel ~

[@Darasilverdragon]

though honestly I'd say that a much better tribute would be the complete erradication of poliovirus which... is happening. Polio is swiftly on its way to becoming the third disease mankind has wiped clean from the earth, behind smallpox and rinderpest

[@quietone610]

I just learned something.

[@chrisrebert9271]

Folks like Dr. Salk restore my faith in humanity. "Could you patent the sun? The air?"

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEET

[@Marylandbrony]

And fucking magnets, how do they work?

[@fatrobin72]

from what I have gathered from patents... someone probably has tried...

[@gzer0x]

He used to get applauded on any plane he was on, given free rooms in hotels wherever he went. Now we have vaccines being marked up 1000-10,000% the cost to make because greed rules our country.

[@spritemon98]

And people up top today want to charge people for a vaccine for covid

[@kim2894]

The Roosevelts and their f-u attitude towards illness is legendary

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEET

[@TheRealFDR]

Yeah screw polio

[@cookie_enjoyer]

Please explain?

[@nathanishungryanimations7206]

@@multiplayergamer5728 stop

[@nathanishungryanimations7206]

@@TheRealFDR SCREW YOU, POLIO!

[@joshuaconner4540]

The story of the March of dimes and why FDR is on the dime was just touching. I'll never look at a dime quite the same way again.

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEEET

[@stevenn1940]

I wish we could get this level of solidarity today. Instead we have people that don't believe the pandemic or virus is real..

[@mrduke5058]

Same. For some reason I always thought the person on the dime was JFK, but I guess you learn something new everyday. ☺

[@mrduke5058]

@@stevenn1940 same man. For some reason, America has became more corrupted in the past few years, mainly the big businesses and politicians, and they don't do things like FDR or JFK did, which were things that benefited the country and the world entirely on a huge scale.

[@thomasedwardharrison2879]

Yes

[@totalynotcatherine]

It's so strange to see him depicted as walking, swimming, running and smiling. You usually don't see him depicted so happy.

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEET

[@totalynotcatherine]

@@multiplayergamer5728 Yes yes, I know, "YEET"

[@multiplayergamer5728]

@@totalynotcatherine ah yes a fellow YEETER I see It’s nice to find another

[@Mr.Mammoth3604]

F

[@embr4247]

Everything was fine, until the poliomyelitis attacked.

[@superspider64]

I genuinely love the concept behind The March of Dimes, a hundred dollars, heck even 10 dollars, can seem like a bit much in terms of random donations, but people have spare dimes and quarters all the time.

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEET

[@skippy9214]

However, dimes were worth a lot more at the time, and research equipment was less expensive.

[@alyssaagnew4147]

Keep in mind that the Great Depression was also going when this all started up. That says a lot about how important this was for people considering how difficult money was to spare.

[@nicholasbrooks7349]

​​@@alyssaagnew4147in 1939 10$ would be worth 217.75$

[@TooLateForIeago]

It's amazing what actual leadership can accomplish. Not that I'm bitter or anything.

[@elihelms9529]

It’s ok we’re all bitter

[@TooLateForIeago]

@@elihelms9529 Thanks.

[@mrduke5058]

@@elihelms9529 yeah that's an actual fact

[@farhiyoali863]

You speak facts

[@ottomaticallyawesome]

Japanese interment camps.

[@noahgray543]

My grandpa is losing his memory, he can't remember what he is doing one second to another most days. However, when we were talking about the controversy regarding the patents on the coronavirus vaccines and I brought up the Jonas Salk quote, but couldn't remember Salks name, he knew it off the top of his head. Even losing half his mind some days, he still takes a very dim view of anti vaccination because he still is able to remember how celebrated the release of a new vaccine used to be.

[@Onebadterran]

Whenever possible, I would love to hear the original recordings. They may be poor audio quality but hearing important points of history directly is so critical whenever possible.

[@nickolauscantor1572]

I saw the name 'Eddie Cantor', which is my last name, so I asked my father, and turns out Eddie Cantor was my grandfather's first cousin! So thanks Extra History, for helping me learn something cool about my family!

[@mosscow6056]

I really do like these episodes about historical diseases and how they were defeated. Those that helped in these endeavors deserve the moon for their efforts.

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEET

[@Τζει-ε5δ]

@@multiplayergamer5728 Why do you say yeet? Im confused

[@multiplayergamer5728]

@@Τζει-ε5δ it’s a an ongoing joke of mine

[@guyguy463]

Antivaxxers are gonna start freaking out when they see dimes and FDR’s face on them...

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEET

[@failuretv814]

@@multiplayergamer5728 YEET

[@Starman062]

tHe diMe CauSeS aUtIsM aNd pOlIo

[@vaughnjohnson8767]

@@failuretv814 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEET

[@therae4988]

Im gonna make a joke that only unvaccinated people will understand. That feel when:

[@525Lines]

That's why FDR's on the dime? I did not know that.

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEET

[@vaughnjohnson8767]

@@multiplayergamer5728 YEET

[@MichaelSHartman]

He fought a starving country's worst economic depression, the worst world war fighting three enemies at once, and an epidemic from a wheelchair, and won. He deserves to be on Mount Rushmore.

[@averagejoe6031]

His cowboy uncle’s already there

[@MichaelSHartman]

@@averagejoe6031 Fifth cousin not uncle. Not exactly a close relative. Eleanor was related to Teddy's wife.

[@mikefischer8576]

I think he would be happy with his place on the dime. He never wanted war. He simply wanted to rebuild a ravished nation and help those in need and now his face is forever on money which buys are goods and fuels the economy

[@mariustan9275]

I would agree if not for the fact Mt. Rushmore is made of a mountain owned by the Native Americans that was never allowed to be carved out but yeah. He deserves a statue somewhere, though the dime thing is already a great tribute.

[@mishaf19]

I disagree, because of Japanese internment camps, and many new deal policies were mixed bags. I like FDR, but perpetuating racist mass imprisonment (a policy not extended to Germans) is bad.

[@sunlocked5838]

Dr. Salk is honestly my hero, role model, and why I want to research at St. Jude when I graduate. Especially since the modern pharmaceutical industry is awful and continues to stall out patents to keep prices high, just look at insulin in America.

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEET

[@user-vu2yb1gy4l]

What are you studying right now? (:

[@sunlocked5838]

@@user-vu2yb1gy4l I'm currently a junior in biochemistry

[@user-vu2yb1gy4l]

@@sunlocked5838 that's great!!! Good luck in all your future endeavors!!! Dr. Salk is such an inspiration to me too, I want to go into medicine, but I'm having trouble with my disability at the moment. Let's hope we both can work to make a difference in the future! A hug from Mexico!

[@sor3999]

Patents serve to compensate private research. It's not some evil scheme. The polio vaccine was basically voluntarily funded by the public hence a patent wouldn't make sense.

[@Marylandbrony]

My mom is an anti-vaxxer fearing autism back in the 90s. But instead i got both autism and polio. It’s time I came clean. I do have have polio and my mom was not an anti-vaxer. Although I do have Autism and I did not get MMR until I was a teenager due to at the time when I was a baby. It was the brief window of time when MMR vaccines were legitimately under fire for being linked to Autism and my doctor did not want to take the risk at the time fearing it would disrupt my body chemistry and I think I did get separate vaccines for Measles, Mumps and Rubella. I do think kids should get the MMR vaccine now as the study where the conclusion came from has been throughly discredited.

[@multiplayergamer5728]

I wish u the best of luck

[@jay3898]

@@multiplayergamer5728 was reallllyyyy hoping for "YEET"

[@user-vu2yb1gy4l]

I'm really sorry. How are you doing right now? Did your mom change her mind?

[@Starman062]

@@user-vu2yb1gy4l is she didn’t I highly doubt he’s with her

[@hosseinshahni]

Wish you all the best in the world

[@ArturuSSJ4]

So wait, the George Carlin bit from "You are all Diseased" about him being immune to polio because he swam in raw sewage as a kid was actually real?

[@nn-rp9yg]

I literally presented my project on Polio yesterday if you could have uploaded this two days ago that would've worked perfectly

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEET

[@AWormsPurpose]

The dime reveal at the end shook my world

[@stemmy2110]

YEEEET

[@nirajsahu6684]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET

[@susgamingidk3662]

@@nirajsahu6684 yeeeeet

[@grahamrankin4725]

I was one of those "polio pioneers" that got the vaccine in that large trial

[@averagejoe6031]

What do you think of antivaxxers?

[@StonedtotheBones13]

Thank you and your parents for doing so.

[@BringTheRains]

As someone who lives in Minnesota I'm glad they are doing these sponorships.

[@kilrathi827]

I seriously never knew this was the origin of The March of Dimes, or that this was why FDR was put on the dime. Thank you!

[@korben600]

Dr. Salk: Could you patent the sun? Nuclear Fusion Researchers: Is this a trick question?

[@saahiliyer11]

This episode of EH has been one that I just can’t help coming back too. It’s just incredible to imagine political leaders personally driven to advance science and root out an illness that’s followed us for millennia. To see everyday people contribute to that effort, not just by donating money, but by getting vaccinated to protect people at large. And perhaps most amazingly, to see them succeed. I wish I could see that in my own lifetime, but I’d settle for people not forgetting the last time we did.

[@failuretv814]

I wasn't expecting to see the words "FDR" and "march" togheter.

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEET

[@nathanishungryanimations7206]

Ironic

[@weirdalexander8193]

Ouch

[@geraldgrenier8132]

What about "the march down FDR Drive"?

[@nathanishungryanimations7206]

@@weirdalexander8193 yeah ouchies!

[@powerist209]

When I was young, I thought that Polio is like childhood disease that can cripple you. At least until reading FDR, who got one at adult age, or Goodall’s Chimpanzee story where she had to put one down after one of them got a serious polio that the Chimp have full body paralysis.

[@Snugglezthesong]

I needed to hear something this heartwarming.

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEET

[@GriffinMan00]

Gotta say these legendary patrons are certainly legends. I'm pretty sure Ahmed Ziad Turk and Alicia Bramble, at least, have been in like every video I can think of. Props out to them for sponsoring this amazing channel.

[@GriffinMan00]

Oh I forgot to add, I dig the art of them as well!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Wilson on the other hand, was paralysed in his final years with his wife virtually taking over his work and without anyone else knowing.

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEEET

[@lordkenten4136]

3rd worst President.

[@Graham226]

Woodrow Wilson? if you are thinking Woodrow Wilson, he was an absolute idiot. Bruh, why didnt you intervene at Lusitania, the world would have been a much better place, i dont care if you have a neutrality act, just go to war

[@TurtleChad1]

A turtle has approved this message.

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEET

[@amanzeihedioha]

KAMMMMAA!!

[@SuspiscouslyDogLikeSapling]

swag

[@nathanishungryanimations7206]

Nice! Nathanishungry Animations approved!

[@twoscarabsintheswarm9055]

Oh thank the lord

[@johnkronz7562]

It’s interesting to compare this episode to the pellagra episode. Specifically, how a disease that mostly harms the wealthy becomes a national crusade, while a disease that targeted the poor was left to a handful of altruistic scientists to take interest in curing.

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

FDR was the president with the biggest balls that’s why he had the wheelchair

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEEET

[@vaughnjohnson8767]

Walk behind he child, Grasp the child firmly, YEET the child

[@thevoidlookspretty7079]

2nd. His cousin beat him in ballsiness.

[@worm2576]

@@multiplayergamer5728 naw teddy Roosevelt was ballsier

[@bernardosantos8020]

Well said

[@chris7263]

Omg, that's why he's on the dime? That's the best reason I've ever heard for why a certain person is on our money ♥️

[@Eramiserasmus]

This opening was a great teminder that the Roosevelt legacy is to be more determined than anything put in front of you.

[@doifhg]

Great vid, but I remember at least when I was in school they didn't say FDR didn't have polio, just that he tried to hide the debilitation, which is partially why that picture of him Stalin and Churchill is famous

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEET

[@theinquisitionsparrot6749]

Well, isn’t this great timing!

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEET

[@a_human8489]

Multi Player YEEEET

[@DavidAsimov0]

=][= the holy inquisition finds your statement as HERESY jk

[@jacquelinepinn3064]

I just listened to a podcast that used the myth of FDR hiding his illiness to make him sound horrible. Thank you for reminding people that he did amazing things too.

[@o.mcneely4424]

My parents are both retired nurses born in the early 1950s, and they remember the devastation of polio and the monumental relief caused by the widespread rollout of the vaccines. They saw classmates get sick and disappear into hospitals or care homes forever, saw other kids struggle to walk and labeled as less than by society; my mother even knew someone who died from a pretty horrible bout of polio. They don’t mess around when it comes to vaccines. I also have a friend who’s in her late 20s now and grew up in Kabul, and her younger brother got the virus because of a lack of access to the vaccine, and he can barely function without help (something that has gotten much worse now that they can’t leave the country for treatment). It hurts my friend deeply that this all could have been avoided with a simple vaccine, and she’s now dedicated herself to becoming a pediatric physician as a result.

[@Boxygirl96]

I’m legit crying right now, this is beautiful

[@XmasIsHere]

This is one of the videos of many you have on viruses that make me want to be an epidemiologist, you all are the best

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEEET

[@fenexgid3074]

FDR is still a legend

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEET

[@TheRealFDR]

I agree

[@mojotheaverage]

Best us president by far

[@MiloshFitzroy]

@@mojotheaverage look up U.S. internment camps.

[@torkelsvenson6411]

@@MiloshFitzroy That was obviously indefensible. No president has been without severe flaws though, so "the best" is only relative to others.

[@SS-_.1]

Very touching 🙂. Such acts of humanity always makes me feel warm and fuzzy

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEET

[@AzelaicAmpersands]

back in 2019, my class and i had a social work activity where we actually administered the oral polio vaccine to children. the activity was only two days, but I'm still very much glad to have contributed to the cause at least a little. 😊

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Flu-like =/= the Flu Sneeze and cough = body’s attempt to expel the intruder Fever = body’s response to fight the intruder.

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEEET

[@DryPaperHammerBro]

@@multiplayergamer5728 as expected

[@15098D]

"There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?" If only more people today thought about that

[@multiplayergamer5728]

True

[@KambEight]

Please keep doing history of disease episodes!

[@rosebrown6381]

As a kid, I remember participating in March of Dimes fundraisers at school - we had them in the area I was. We would do walks - like the ever popular cancer walks now - were people would sponsor the kids who walked, wheeled (for kids in wheelchairs who wanted to take part), ran, or whatever. Everyone set their own goals and asked adults they knew. We got participation medals from the National organization (just cheap little thank you things, but as a kid they meant a lot, especially for those of us who never did sports) and if you raised above a certain threshold, you got a better 'medal'. There were also other ways to participate, if you couldn't walk, such as reading to other kids, younger than you, or mentoring someone else. I did it as many years as I could, and it's one of the best memories I had as a kid in school - they always told us how many kids we potentially saved every year and how far the donations we raised would go. It was a big deal. I usually walked about a mile (as much as I could in Elementary School) and did a long reading list with younger kids every year. I knew it was important, even then. I wish we heard more about March of Dimes in this day and age. It's a very good charity.

[@emersonshetter8191]

This video is very personal. My grandpa had polio when he was a child. He went deaf in one ear

[@thoughtbiscuits1702]

Ugh.. that was so heartwarming. I needed to hear that story this year.

[@MarkusAldawn]

"Who owns the patent? Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"

[@JaimeNyx15]

I didn’t know that was why FDR was put on the dime. That’s really cool.

[@stemmy2110]

YEEET

[@clarenceonyekwere5428]

This story is very touching. I never thought deeply about the widespread philanthropy behind Salk’s work till now.

[@stemmy2110]

YEEET

[@doxdoomsday4948]

What an up lifting story! Thank you.

[@saltherilshaven]

Have you guys considered doing a video series on roosevelt, himself? I mean, he Was the only person to serve 4 times as president!

[@jorgeportocarrero1776]

FDR was not perfect but damm he tried his hardest to be

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEET btw can agree

[@SirPaladin]

nostalgia for the days when our government actually FOUGHT epidemics....

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEET

[@trulyUnAssuming]

ehhhhhh... okay. Vaccines are developed in record time and you are .... nostalgic

[@trulyUnAssuming]

@Brownskikuca Garlic Bread I live in Germany :p EDIT: maybe this wasn't too tactful. But given that virtually half the US somehow thinks the orange clown should get 4 more years to wreck havoc on health, the environment etc. I am not too sympathetic. Which is of course not very nice to the other half I guess.

[@Ironhold_Watch]

Vaccine starting to come out in just a year and its orange man bad. Lol ok whatever. And what regard should what a Germans opinion on American matters be taken? Shut your third reich ass up

[@Ironhold_Watch]

Just cause half of Europe is at your fat troll of a leaders beck and call doesn't mean we have to be.or UK lol

[@Sapphire_Dicson_Official]

something my dad has talked about with my family is how polio personally affects, he never had it but that doesn't mean it still didn't affect him. My dad's family has a friend whose daughter came down with polio and sadly passed away, on the way home from the funeral for her daughter the vaccine for polio was announced on the radio. I can't imagine how the friend felt, but I think what is sadder is that people today are going to know at least a little of how the friend felt. Because of the pandemic we are currently facing people have lost loved ones, friends, and peers to a mostly invisible monster and there are people who lost so many by the time the first vaccines were announced. I had a week early in the pandemic where we were notified that 10 people we knew and cared about died, not all of them from Covid mind you but a majority of them were. It felt like death was around me and it was scary, and even scarier is that there are people who have lost more. Just recently my dad caught covid and he was vaccinated and boosted, I was terrified, thankfully he has recovered well so far and I'd like to think that it was the vaccine that helped him. I can only hope that there will come a day when the pandemic is only a memory in history, and when diseases that make pandemics don't last long enough to see people suffer like so many have ever again.

[@player1ready664]

Can you guys do a Scouts series that would be incredibly interesting

[@migmog9549]

This is one of the few episodes from you guys that has made me tear up

[@rrelocks]

thanks for making learning history fun

[@calvinscarvings.66]

Congratulations on the 400th extra history video!

[@Ecrfour]

When there are monitory stats in a video, I would really rather they gave the value for the time, followed by the current value of that money. The 18 million in 1930s money is roughly 250 million in today's money.

[@Boxygirl96]

I think I’m crying right now, this is beautiful

[@tz8785]

For further viewing, there also is a PBS documentary on the topic ("American Experience - The Polio Crusade").

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEEEET

[@BigRiccc]

I never knew this is why FDR was on the dime. This is a fantastic episode!

[@gerstelb]

Since you’re doing polio, how about a segment on Sister Elizabeth Kenny?

[@thoughtprism2963]

I bet if Covid disproportionally affected the rich too, America's response would have been far more effective.

[@AatiNiiranen]

Yeah, probably

[@evanlucas8914]

I'd love to see you guys do a series on Andrew Carnegie. He has become the model philanthropist. By the time of his death he had given away 90% of his wealth (4.32 billion dollars when adjusted for modern inflation).

[@abthedragon4921]

So that's why he's in the dime!? Wow, that's a fascinating story.

[@frankyquilavafireblast895]

That last bit made me really really happy, I love this channel so much

[@qore1815]

Hey @extra credits I'm not from Minnesota but I just thought your choice of sponsor was pretty great this episode, and normally I hate ads

[@valeriejames4675]

"That which doesn't kill me, has made a serious tactical error" - F.D.R. to polio

[@maxwellarnold9755]

I just love that they have a spot about who has a better cure for a horrible disease like can we all have spats about that

[@prathammishra4945]

This is so wholesome I'm crying and idk why

[@robhenry7896]

"Could you patent the sun". Don't give Jeff Bezos any ideas.

[@joekotlarsic4360]

Why do you think they are working on rockets?

[@DomyTheMad420]

i'm gonna admit, i love every singel sponsored video by this cause. they're informative, on topic and it's for a good cause!

[@ThatCanadian73]

Canadian's when they see Canada mentioned: " : ) im included"

[@mrobligatory.5234]

Not in a good way.

[@shrom6549]

as a Canadian I can confirm that is true

[@mme.veronica735]

Canadians when a Canadian stereotype is fought against :D Here's one. We don't live in snow all year round, heck most of us don't live anywhere near the artic circle.

[@LuinTathren]

Extra History should do a video on Jonas Salk. Especially mentioning all the antisemitism he endured before he landed at the University of Pittsburgh where he and his team developed the polio vaccine.

[@stemmy2110]

YEEEET

[@danielduvernay3207]

yo this is cool! Keep up these videos!

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEET

[@swimmingfry7012]

Thank you child and teen checkup program for sponsoring these awesome episodes!

[@Sunny-gt8zi]

I was so disappointed when i realized that this was going to be a single episode. The march of dimes and the competition to get to the polio vaccine was a epic struggle, i wish EC would do a more in depth episode on this moving chapter of our history.

[@banann_ducc]

I very much enjoy your series on disease despite what is going on keep up the good work

[@richardgonzalez6409]

We need more FDRs in this world

[@joshuaastle7674]

So excited tonsee this video made! I reference alot of my A&P students to your videos when they ask about the history of disease.

[@RPGFanboy14]

Man its almost like there was a time when America knew how to deal with an epidemic. But thats none of my business. Awesome video, never knew the reason FDR was on the dime and its a very interesting one. Also gotta love Dr. Salk a real mvp right there.

[@donniek1101]

This is some of the most wholesome history facts I've ever learned

[@CrimsonBlasphemy]

6:19 A President, cancels a large public event for the health and safety of children, and the Public. 🤔

[@riciso]

I wish I could donate so you would keep extra mythology...

[@multiplayergamer5728]

YEET

[@archangel8428]

Dosen’t Extra Credits have a Paterson?

[@Goatcha_M]

You should do a video on Sister Elizabeth Kenny as a followup to this.

[@falcoskywolf]

Being raised in an avid numismatics (coin collecting) and history buff family, I kind of think I *might have* heard about the dime being dedicated to FDR because of the March of Dimes, but it didn't stick in my mind enough to really think of it until now. I knew about his polio, but not how thoroughly linked to the quest against it he was. He made some major blunders- internment camps were one of them- but there were definite wins during his life and presidency.

[@justdavid1849]

This is just a truly beautiful video, thank you so much

[@crawdadking1845]

I'm gonna be honest I've been impatiently waiting for the next "End of samurai" video and when I saw the Orange back round I was so happy but then I noticed that the video was about The Polio epidemic

[@alantauro13]

Hi. I would like to see if you could make a video about the French Intervention in Mexico or the Mexican Revolution. Greetings from Mexico.

[@ahmadganteng7435]

Wow.. What two beautiful person MR. FDR and dr. Salk. I owe my two healthy legs to their effort

[@havel4385]

the ending is so heart warming

[@YouVSMeTV]

2:42 Wait, you mean during an outbreak, people quarantine, close shops and can’t do the things they could before for a period of time? Why, that’s crazy talk! 😑

[@DanksterPaws]

For real

[@АртурЧугай]

Polio: I am going to end this mans whole career... FDR: Not so fast, fucker!

[@abcdef27669]

"You make me slower, but you will never force me to stop!"

[@rabgix8805]

And let’s not forget that this was during the Great Depression too!

[@jeremy1860]

I shudder to think just what the exact number of lives lost to disease over the years might be 😟

[@glucen4408]

my grandma had polio from 3 to 9 and tells me alot about those times