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I am sure many of you know that there was no decision in the 1919 Stanley Cup finals, due to Spanish Influenza. Many players became ill, and Habs right wing, Joe Hall, had died from pneumonia caused by the flu.
Now when my parents were teens, both of them had Poliomyelitis or Polio (That ages me, doesn’t it?).
Why is it that you never hear about NHL players having Polio back in the day? I guess that NHL had the Jonas Salk’s vaccine before things spread? Am I missing some players that did come down with Polio?
Well, my parents had me later in life (aka-I was a BIG mistake). My parents both have no side effects from Polio. As I had stated before, my father went on to play football in college, and he holds a record for the something-meter dash in the state where he is from, because they changed it to yards after he accomplished his record (or yard to meters, I forget how that worked). I suppose I was wondering if any player came down with Polio while playing for the NHL.
The weather is cold down here right now. I just went outside a moment ago, and it was 8 Degrees Celsius. I had to pull out a sweater this morning to come to work. There is no shoveling here, yet there is a very strong breeze, that is making this chilly weather uncomfortable……I am sure you are laughing at my complaining right now.
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Tags: Chilly Weather, Good Times, Parents, Spanish Influenza, Stanley Cup Finals
4 Responses so far to "Polio, Spanish Flu, good times?"
August 17th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
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My Grandmother had polio. She was all of 4’10″, 90 lbs and had a hunch by the time she hit 75. We looked funny together since I’m 6’1″.
If a person got polio chances are they never became an athlete. I’ve never heard of anyone who overcame it to play in the NHL.
And my gosh Haley, I honestly thought you were much younger. Oh well, from my experience it’s always best to assume a woman is younger than you think and to express it loudly.
Oh, hope you are enjoying the weather where you are. I spent 3 hours shoveling snow yesterday. The snow banks are as high as my shoulders out there right now.
August 19th, 2008 at 8:02 am
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My dad(RIP) had a brother who was only 5 when he died of the flu back in the 30′s during the Depression. The only thing I remember about Polio was back in the 1960′s in elementary school, they made us eat sugar cubes with the vaccine injected into them. Yes, that was waaaaaaaay back when every school had a full-time nurse and you didn’t have to pay for your vaccines once you reached school age.
Edit- Joe B, it was true. At my elementary school in Queens, NY, they would call us into the nurse’s office a class at a time, measure our height and weight, and give us a sugar cube( if your parent gave the school permission) to eat that had the stuff in it, not just the Polio vaccine, but whatever we needed at the time. It didn’t hurt, and I guess it was easier than having 30 kids screaming after a shot.
August 21st, 2008 at 8:05 pm
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Yeah we lost power here all night last night.Ice,snow you name it,you had to wear a sweater huh?I had to answer because I can’t believe they gave you sugar cubes with the vaccine in them back in the 60′s.Now there taking all of the sugar out of the schools cause the kids are becoming fatties.
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:58 pm
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It’s FREEZING down here.
I actually had to take out a jacket today!