Watching the news this morning a report of nurse, pharmacist and Dr traveling by sled dog in the depths of Alaska to deliver the Covid vaccine. Don Brown tells me that is how the Iditarod began by delivering a life saving med. in history. I looked it up and found this very interesting article. Google to learn more.
The Sled Dog Relay That Inspired the Iditarod
Look back at the 1925 life-or-death mission that inspired the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
BY CHRISTOPHER KLEIN
The children of Nome were dying in January 1925. Infected with diphtheria, they wheezed and gasped for air, and every day brought a new case of the lethal respiratory disease. Nome’s lone physician, Dr. Curtis Welch, feared an epidemic that could put the entire village of 1,400 at risk. He ordered a quarantine but knew that only an antitoxin serum could ward off the fast-spreading disease. ... See MoreSee Less
