What can we learn from the centuries-long quest to eradicate smallpox, once the scourge of humanity? And how did it set the stage for all vaccines to come? First we meet Edward Jenner, a doctor in 18th century Britain who learned about the folk practice of “variolation” and found a safer way to inoculate people against smallpox. Then, Donald Hopkins of the Carter Center takes us back to the 1960s in Sierra Leone, where he discovered that successfully eradicating smallpox could be a feasible goal worldwide. Enjoy this episode from Incubation, another Pushkin podcast.
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09/07/23 • 27 min
Brave New Planet - Smallpox: Gone but Not Forgotten from Incubation
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Hello, brave New Planet listeners. My name is Jacob Goldstein and I'm the host of a new Pushkin podcast that I think you'll love. It's called Incubation, and it's about the viruses that have shaped humanity. On the show, you'll hear how viruses attack people, how people fight back, and what we've learned in the course of those fights. In each episode, we'll tell you the story of one virus. On the first episode, the one you're about to hear, we st
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