We're quite fortunate the internet wasn't a thing when polio was still around.

Polio got reclassifed and the vaccines claimed a success. But keep the faith.

Ah, the good old cure by reclassification. They should use it more in my opinion.

Polio measures did not focus on sacrificing the children for the elderly. COVID school and social/learning activity shutdowns did.

He was talking about the covid vaccines when he said that, which never prevented infection or spread. That belief started from a misunderstanding of the press releases.

He either didn't know what he was talking about or was making it a moral thing without regard to effectiveness.