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TOPSHOT - An aerial view shows the P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on April 17, 2020. The P4 epidemiological laboratory was built in co-operation with French bio-industrial firm Institut Merieux and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The facility is among a handful of labs around the world cleared to handle Class 4 pathogens (P4) - dangerous viruses that pose a high risk of person-to-person transmission. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Report: ‘Highly Evolved’ Polio Strain May Have Been Leaked From Same Wuhan Lab Testing COVID-19

The same Chinese facility that is understood to have leaked the global COVID-19 virus may have also leaked a “highly evolved” strain of polio, according to a new report obtained by Daily Mail.

30th July 1938: A patient in an Iron Lung being checked by a nurse. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Paul Alexander, Man With Polio Forced Into Iron Lung In 1952, Passes Away At 78

Paul Alexander was only six years old in 1952 when he contracted polio. The illness took away the ability to use his body in a matter of days. However, he persevered despite the sickness, living over 70 years with an iron lung.