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Black-and-white image shows a polio ward from 1950, filled with rows of patients inside iron lungs, which are large mechanical ventilators used to help them breathe. Nurses and healthcare workers, dressed in white uniforms, tend to the patients. The iron lungs are aligned in organized rows, highlighting the severity of the polio epidemic at the time. Text at the top reads: "Iron lungs in a polio ward, 1950. Society has a short memory. #vaccinate"