Nation For those who survived polio, coronavirus is eerily familiar. But ultimately, ‘science won’. March 21, 2020March 21, 2020Marco della Cava, USA TODAYComments Off on For those who survived polio, coronavirus is eerily familiar. But ultimately, ‘science won’. Before a vaccine arrived in the 1950s, polio had the US scared and quarantined. Now, those who lived through it face a similar terror: Coronavirus.