# @who on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DUBE59cjMDt
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64171608-who-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/a34f9ba991.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-01-27T14:04:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) — https://gondola.cc/WHO

## Caption

1 in 200 #polio infections leads to irreversible paralysis. 

In the 1960s children suffering from irreversible paralysis caused by polio were required to use 'iron lungs' to help them breathe. 

We don't see these 'iron lungs' anymore today because #VaccinesWork

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- **Likes:** 17,470
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- **Comments:** 261

## Tags

vaccineswork, polio

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