How miracle vaccines saved Queenslanders

As coronavirus spreads, we looked through The Courier-Mail’s photo archives to see how vaccines been saving Queenslanders since the 1940s.

First shots of Salk anti-polio vaccine being given by Health and Medical Services deputy director Dr DW Johnson in Brisbane. On the receiving end are Clem, 7, left, and Paul, 9, sons of the Premier Vince Gair, pictured with their mother. Picture: Bob Millar Jnr

As the new on coronavirus gets worse, it is timely to look back at other epidemics our community has faced and conquered through the miracle of vaccines.

Despite the feverish and downright dangerous denials of anti-vaxxers, older Queenslanders who lived through polio, measles, rubella, diptheria, tetanus and other scourges need no convincing about the benefits of universal vaccination.

Epidemic shines light on 80 years of vaccines

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