Google aptly depicted a Doodle with the words ‘Thank You Dr Salk’ on his 100th birth anniversary. Dr Jonas Salk is the American scientist who developed the first successful vaccine for Polio. Till 1955 when the Polio vaccine was declared safe and adopted, the debilitating disease was one of the most dreaded in the world.
What is even more heart warming is that Dr Salk refused to patent the vaccine, saying it should be freely available for all the children of the world. Had the vaccine been patented, it is estimated that I would have earned him more that $7 billion.
Dr Salk's work led to the eradication of the dreaded polio in the United States and also from most parts of the world – in 2014, India was declared ‘Polio-Free’. Jonas Salk died of heart failure on June 23, 1995, in La Jolla, California, at the age of 80.
Here is the Doodle.
Interestingly the Doodle is not available all over the world, instead is displayed only in select countries.
What is even more heart warming is that Dr Salk refused to patent the vaccine, saying it should be freely available for all the children of the world. Had the vaccine been patented, it is estimated that I would have earned him more that $7 billion.
Dr Salk's work led to the eradication of the dreaded polio in the United States and also from most parts of the world – in 2014, India was declared ‘Polio-Free’. Jonas Salk died of heart failure on June 23, 1995, in La Jolla, California, at the age of 80.
Here is the Doodle.
Interestingly the Doodle is not available all over the world, instead is displayed only in select countries.
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