Fair enough that you disagree. I’ve known a lot of people lived through those times and knew. Today there would be endless speculation in the press as to what he could and could not do, demands to know for sure, etc. Back then, these were not topics that were raised. Polio was a very real threat and every town had people suffering from varying degrees of it.
Even on his last speech to Congress when he had to sit, and asked forgiveness for doing so, this was not cause for press speculation. It just wasn’t done.