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Jonas Salk Never Took A Dime For the Polio Vaccine
He refused to patent it. He lived on his regular salary and didn't reap what would have been huge financial rewards.
I think of that when I hear about plastic celebs donating a relative pittance of their money in PR campaigns.
Yet who is it people express all their admiration for?