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StoryCorps CT | How Polio Changed Our Lives

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Audrey Daigneault says polio "took her childhood and her old age," with lifelong impacts on her physically and emotionally. With the COVID-19 virus continuing to plague the globe and news of vaccine hesitancy in the headlines, Audrey found herself reliving those childhood moments, She sat down with her sister Paula to ask what she remembered from that time.

Aired: 09/27/22
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