At the turn of the twentieth century, smallpox claimed the lives
of two million people per year. By 1979, the disease had been
eradicated and victory was declared across the globe. Yet the story
of smallpox remains the exception, as today a host of deadly
contagions, from polio to AIDS, continue to threaten human health
around the world. Spanning three centuries, "The End of Plagues
"weaves together the discovery of vaccination, the birth and growth
of immunology, and the fight to eradicate the world's most feared
diseases. From Edward Jenner's discovery of vaccination in 1796, to
the early nineteenth-century foundling voyages in which chains of
orphans, vaccinated one by one, were sent to colonies around the
globe, to the development of polio vaccines and the stockpiling of
smallpox as a biological weapon in the Cold War, world-renown
immunologist John Rhodes charts our fight against these plagues,
and shows how vaccinations gave humanity the upper hand. Today, aid
groups including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the
World Health Organization have made the eradication of polio a
priority, and Rhodes takes us behind the scenes to witness how soon
we may be celebrating the eradication of polio.
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