Starts with just a guy on a bus. In march of 1947, a 47yearold businessman took this bus route from mexico city to new york. He was actually on his way to maine, but he was feeling sick, so he got off the bus and checked himself into a new york city hotel. He died in a new york City Hospital about a week later. It would take a while until doctors knew for sure, but the businessman had died of smallpox. And by the time they figured it out, it was too late. The virus was out. One by one, people sick with high fevers and strange rashes started turning up at new york City Hospitals. Smallpox is a devastating disease. About 30 of the people who contract smallpox will die. For the ones who survive, they are often left with permanent scars. Some go blind, and it spreads like wildfire. Its a highly contagious, highly communicable illness. But by 1947, there was already a vaccine for smallpox. So intellectually the solution was pretty simple. Vaccinate the public and stop the disease from sprea
City hotel. He died in a new york City Hospital about a week later. It would take a while until doctors knew for sure, but the businessman had died of smallpox. And by the time they figured it out, it was too late. The virus was out. One by one, people sick with high fevers and strange rashes started turning up at new york City Hospitals. Smallpox is a devastating disease. About 30 of the people who contract smallpox will die. For the ones who survive, they are often left with permanent scars. Some go blind, and it spreads like wildfire. Its a highly contagious, highly communicable illness. But by 1947, there was already a vaccine for smallpox. So intellectually the solution was pretty simple. Vaccinate the public and stop the disease from spreading. Logistically, thats the Public Health nightmare scenario because for that strategy to work, you have to get shots into millions of arms and fast. You have to outrun the spread of the virus before the virus outruns you. So when those first
In march of 1947, a 47yearold businessman took this bus route from mexico city to new york. He was actually on his way to maine, but he was feeling sick, so he got off the bus and checked himself into a new york city hotel. He died in a new york City Hospital about a week later. It would take a while until doctors knew for sure, but the businessman had died of smallpox. And by the time they figured it out, it was too late. The virus was out. One by one, people sick with high fevers and strange rashes started turning up at new york City Hospitals. Smallpox is a devastating disease. About 30 of the people who contract smallpox will die. For the ones who survive, they are often left with permanent scars. Some go blind. And it spreads like wildfire. Its a highly contagious, highly communicable illness. But by 1947, there was already a vaccine for smallpox, so intellectually, the solution was Pretty Simple vaccinate the public and stop the disease from spreading. Logistically, thats the Pub
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