Talk:Poliomyelitis

Found myself in a discussion on the transmission of polio the other day. FDR contracted the illness in 1921 when he was invited to appear at some boy scout camp. Quite a few of the boys returned home showing signs of polio, and the counselors figured out what they, and FDR, had in common: They'd all gone swimming in a certain pool on a certain afternoon. (That's according to my tour guide when I went to Hyde Park; Wikipedia has a different version. I think the Roosevelt Presidential Library's employee is the more credible.)

This happened in 1921. I can't help thinking that it's a terrible coincidence that FDR should contract the illness under such serendipitous circumstances in two different timelines.

Also, it's quite unusual for polio to strike during adulthood, and Roosevelt was 39 at the time. There's something called Guillain-Barre Syndrome which has similar symptoms and does commonly afflict adults. Turtle Fan 23:26, November 22, 2011 (UTC)