Salk vs. Sabin
Salk
Jonas Salk was a medical researcher who was the first person to create a vaccine to fight the polio virus. His vaccine was in an injection form and was trial tested on 1.8 million children. On April 12, 1955 is vaccine was publicly deemed a success. Unfortunately, one of the laboratories producing the vaccine accidentally produced vaccines that contained a traces of a live vaccine instead of having a dead virus in the vaccine. The Cutter lab was the lab which produced this vaccine and this became known as the Cutter vaccine or the Cutter incident. As a result of the Cutter vaccine, 5 children died, 56 developed paralytic polio, hundreds were exposed to the virus, and people began to distrust Salk's vaccine.
Sabin
Albert Sabin was, like Salk, a medical researcher searching for a cure for one of the worst epidemics the country's ever seen. He was the second person to develop a safe and effective vaccine to treat polio. Sabin's vaccine was oral, unlike Salk's injection. Sabin's vaccine contained weakened polio virus, while Salk's vaccine had dead polio in it. Also, Salk's vaccine lasted longer and prevented intestinal problems. Especially after the Cutter incident, many people turned to Sabin's vaccine.
Sabin
Albert Sabin was, like Salk, a medical researcher searching for a cure for one of the worst epidemics the country's ever seen. He was the second person to develop a safe and effective vaccine to treat polio. Sabin's vaccine was oral, unlike Salk's injection. Sabin's vaccine contained weakened polio virus, while Salk's vaccine had dead polio in it. Also, Salk's vaccine lasted longer and prevented intestinal problems. Especially after the Cutter incident, many people turned to Sabin's vaccine.
This is a picture of both Salk and Sabin. This shows how they were two different , very hard working and intelligent scientists trying to solve the same problem, yet have different ways of doing it. Both of their vaccines work they just used different things to accomplish the same task.