who is it that is credited for the polio vaccine
Jonas Salk is credited with developing the first polio vaccine in 1955, an injected vaccine containing killed virus, but the oral live vaccine devised a little later by his competitor Albert Sabin is the workhorse of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.onas Salk is credited with developing the first polio vaccine in 1955, an injected vaccine containing killed virus, but the oral live vaccine devised a little later by his competitor Albert Sabin is the workhorse of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.