Oh yes.....we got ALL the shots and vaccinations....and the Polio Vaccine was a big deal when I was in the first grade. We wanted it.....we knew it was for our protection.
My father had polio when he was growing up and he had a limp for his whole life, which I never really noticed. Once, when I was in the fifth grade, I was with him in the local IGA and saw a friend in my class and we spoke.
The next Monday at school, the friend asked me: "How long has your Dad been crippled?"
I was shocked because I never thought of him that way....he just had a limp.....it was an eye opener.