Historical Basis
A peer-reviewed study in 2003 determined it was more likely Roosevelt's paralytic illness was actually caused by Guillain-Barré syndrome, not polio. Many people, however, still hold to the idea that it was polio. In either case, the film is accurate in that Roosevelt and everyone around him believed that his symptoms were caused by polio, which was endemic in the U.S. at the time.
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