TED-Ed
Learning from smallpox: How to eradicate a disease - Julie Garon and Walter A. Orenstein
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Find out how smallpox became the first (and only) disease to be permanently eradicated through the use of vaccination and isolation to prevent transmission.Uploaded 10-03-15--For most of human history, we have sought to treat and cure diseases. But only in recent decades did it become possible to ensure that a particular disease never threatens humanity again. Julie Garon and Walter A. Orenstein…