The National Post stated that there was no cure for polio. They stated this as a fact again the next day. A study of history would dispel this myth. But both the medical profession and the public consider that vitamin C is just a vitamin to be taken in small doses. Yet I have stated for years in my medical column that vitamin C is also an antibiotic and an antifungal that is safe and inexpensive, and saves lives from diseases like polio and 30 other infections. Read more.