here's one other problem she'd face:
“ . . manufactured by the California-based family firm of Cutter Laboratories, had caused 40 000 cases of polio, leaving 200 children with varying degrees of paralysis and killing 10. . ”
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Oveta and at least one other federal official resigned. Maybe even though they weren’t a hundred percent to blame, more than they didn’t do everything possible to prevent this tragedy. And this method of taking responsibility in real terms, not just verbal terms, I find refreshing.
All the same, have to get lucky.
You’ve got to prevent this tragedy, even purely good luck, or some combo of being extremely proactive and on-the-ball and some degree of good luck.
So, Oveta gets some buzz as a “favorite daughter” candidate in 1960. She later runs for Texas Governor and then Senator. Why the hell not! 🦋