“Dr. Salk’s laboratories could not produce more than a fraction of the hundreds of gallons of vaccine needed for such a massive trial. So it is being made according to his specifications on a nonprofit basis by five pharmaceutical houses—Parke, Davis & Co. in Detroit, Pitman-Moore and Eli Lilly & Co. in Indianapolis, Wyeth Inc. in Philadelphia, the Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, Calif.”27 On a nonprofit basis. This is such a selfless moment in human history that it feels like one of those chapters in a science fiction series where there’s a brief period of “utopia” before everyone becomes
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