- Many insiders believe that the credit-taking incident, coupled with the attention Salk gave to the media, was a major reason why the
National Academy of Sciences never admitted Salk. But debate continues about why he wasn’t awarded a Nobel Prize. Some scientists
have argued that although the polio vaccine made an invaluable applied contribution to public health, it wasn’t an original contribution to
fundamental scientific knowledge.
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