Candy Land's Polio-Related Legacy
This is a news story, published by Upworthy, that relates primarily to Candy Land news.
Candy Land news
For more Candy Land news, you can click here:
more Candy Land newsvideo games news
For more video games news, you can click here:
more video games newsUpworthy news
For more news from Upworthy, you can click here:
more news from UpworthyAbout the Otherweb
Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best entertainment news, business news, world news, and much more. If you like video games news, you might also like this article about
Candy Land. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest polio vaccine news, polio epidemic news, video games news, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!
colorful candyUpworthy
•Entertainment
Entertainment
The forgotten link between Candy Land and polio and why it still matters
57% Informative
Candy Land was invented by a schoolteacher while she recovered from polio in 1948 .
The polio vaccine changed the game's popularity as parents kept their kids indoors during polio outbreaks in their communities.
By 1961 , polio cases had dropped from 58,000 to 161 , and polio was considered eradicated from the Americas in 1994 .
Experts say it's not impossible for polio to make a comeback.
VR Score
66
Informative language
70
Neutral language
25
Article tone
informal
Language
English
Language complexity
55
Offensive language
possibly offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
medium-lived
External references
no external sources
Source diversity
no sources