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Polio was once the most feared disease in the U.S. A new Annenberg poll shows most Americans know little about the virus, despite recent N.Y. outbreak.

Most people are unfamiliar with polio and how it’s spread, according to a survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

Charlotte Clarkson, 80, struggling to stand up while inside her home in Northeast Philadelphia earlier this fall. Clarkson is wheelchair-bound because of polio, which she got when she was 9, because the vaccine was not yet available in the U.S.
Charlotte Clarkson, 80, struggling to stand up while inside her home in Northeast Philadelphia earlier this fall. Clarkson is wheelchair-bound because of polio, which she got when she was 9, because the vaccine was not yet available in the U.S.Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer