well, 78 years ago tomorrow on july 2nd, 1941, two scientists from that oxford lab flew across the atlantic to the united states, carrying a very, very very precious suitcase which contained a bunch of carefully wrapped glass vials of freeze dried penicillin and landed in the united states to see if here in the united states it could be mass produced into a medical treatment that could be used in the war effort. the reason they came here was because america had the know how and the capability to do it. in july of 1941, america was not yet in the war. the resources were there for not strained in the way the allied resources were fighting the war already. more importantly, america had the scientist can do capacity and acumen that the allies needed to get this crucially
everything. i mean, for the world at large in the long run, it could change everything. but for the war in the short run, it could change everything too. i mean, penicillin as a miracle cure for all kinds of infections, it wasn t exactly on par with the discovery of the atomic bomb, but it was the closest medical equivalent at the time. if they could only figure out on the allied side how to mass produce this miracle cure, which the germans didn t have. allied soldiers would have a huge new advantage in the war, not in terms of their ability to kill the enemy, but in terms of their own ability to survive their own wounds and their own battlefield illnesses. if they could only get this stuff made and distributed in quantity, this could absolutely be a game changer, but how could they do that? well, 78 years ago tomorrow on july 2nd, 1941, two scientists