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Last U.S. Polio Survivor in an Iron Lung Dies After the Machine Began to Break Down and No One Could Repair It (people.com)
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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I think it’s pretty straightforward. If the health care system worked, or if they weren’t poor, they would have had a battery backup.