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Question
Have you read or heard anything about polio? Where?
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Solution
Yes, I have read something about polio. Polio is a disease caused by a virus. Infected people suffer limb deformation and may lose their ability to walk properly. I have seen a poster with a picture and some text on the wall of a hospital.
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