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Polio survivor Paul Alexander, who spent over 70 years in an iron lung, has died of COVID-19
Wednesday March 13, 2024. 02:04 PM , from BoingBoing
Science journalist and host of the Pandemia Podcast, Kai Kupferschmidt, posted today on his X/Twitter that Paul Alexander, who called himself 'Polio Paul' on his TikTok account, passed away on March 11, 2024, at the age of 78.
It's a tragic story—a man who survived one pandemic, polio, and lived over 70 years in an iron lung—didn't survive our current, ongoing pandemic. — Read the rest The post Polio survivor Paul Alexander, who spent over 70 years in an iron lung, has died of COVID-19 appeared first on Boing Boing.
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