Exhibit 071 ยท History
The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis
About 120,000 doses of Cutter's April 1955 vaccine contained live poliovirus. Among vaccinated children, 56 developed paralytic polio, 51 of them permanently paralyzed, and 5 died. The resulting community spread paralyzed 113 family and community contacts and killed 5. Offit argues that liability without fault after Cutter drove manufacturers out of vaccine production.
- Source
- Paul A. Offit, Yale University Press
- Date
- 2005
- Grade
- Reported
- Document
- https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300108644/the-cutter-incident/
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- Figures known through secondary summaries of the book.