FDR likely infected by polio virus at boy scout camp

1920s, U.S. Presidents


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(Thursday, July 28, 1921) — 1920 Democratic vice presidential nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt visited a large Boy Scout encampment at Bear Mountain, New York, today, where it is believed he was infected by the polio virus.

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  1. New studies and evidence show that FDR probably suffered from Guillain-Barré Syndrome, NOT polio . . .

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