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WorksheetsPolio: A paralyzing fear
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
What year did the first major outbreak of polio in the USA occur?
1906
1916
1926
1966
What body change in homeostasis indicates you are fighting an infection?
body temperature decreases
headache
paralysis
body temperature increases
Which of these people had polio?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Izhak Perlman
Wilma Rudolph
All of these
Basil O'Connor ran the polio campaign because
He was a lawyer
He wanted to earn a lot of money
He would be respected
FDR asked him to and he was very loyal to FDR
There is a cure for polio
true
false
Incorrect hypotheses about polio are
cats carried the disease
infection went from the nose to the brain
getting the disease was a sign of bad character
all of these
An advantage of the killed virus vaccine was
it could be developed faster
it could be administered orally
it protected the community
all of these
A disadvantage of the killed virus vaccine was
it took longer to develop a safe vaccine
the community would not be protected
it could be administered orally
all of these
A placebo polio vaccine has
killed virus in it
an adjuvant but no virus
live virus in it
virus but no adjuvant
The first polio vaccine was developed by
Jonas Salk
Albert Sabin
Basil O'Connor
Franklin Roosevelt
