Episode 13
Smallpox is the only human infectious disease we've eradicated. Why?
Tiny Matters · Multitude
July 13, 202227m 12s
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Show Notes
On May 8, 1980, the World Health Organization declared that smallpox—a highly-deadly disease in humans—had been eradicated. Today it’s still the only one we’ve completely wiped out. So, how’d we do it? And why haven’t we done it for the many other diseases that plague us, like COVID-19? Links to the Tiny Show & Tell stories here and here. Episode transcripts at acs.org/tinymatters
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Topics
pandemicdisease eradicationwhomalariachemistryvaccinationpoliovaccinepublic healthtyphoidsmallpox