04/29/2026
Was a polio? Or was it DDT poisoning?
What did boomers actually get? ïżŒïżŒ
Based on official symptom lists, the strongest overlaps are:
1. Headache
2. Vomiting
3. Fatigue / tiredness / lethargy
4. Nausea
5. Muscle weakness / loss of coordination / paralysis-type motor dysfunction
This one is not identical, but itâs the same neuromuscular category: polio can cause weakness/paralysis; DDT exposure can cause incoordination, tremors, and muscular weakness.
A broader similarity is that both can involve the nervous system. Polio can attack motor neurons and cause weakness/paralysis, while DDT is neurotoxic and can cause tremors, dizziness, confusion, incoordination, headache, nausea, vomiting, and fatigue.
The honest take: there is real symptom overlap, especially in early/general symptoms and nervous-system signs. Symptom overlap alone does not prove they are the same condition or that DDT caused polio.
But it begs the question. Are you sure in was polio? Or was it DDT poisoning?
I think it was DDT.