The History of Vaccination: Top 10 Things to Know

Australian scientists have been successful in growing the Wuham virus in a lab, increasing the possible development of a vaccine for the Corona virus. Just what do we know about the history behind the creation of vaccines? Find out the most important things to know in "Top Ten Origins: Vaccination" written by Dr. Christopher Otter.

01:48 1. Life Before Vaccines: Nasty, Brutish, and Short
03:09 2. Variolation and the Scourge of Smallpox
04:31 3. What We Owe to the Cows
05:41 4. Edward Jenner and the Arm-to-Arm Method
07:02 5. From Cows to Test Tubes: Producing Vaccines in the Lab
08:16 6. From Hot Irons to Vaccines: Treating Diphtheria
09:41 7. Paralyzed or Worse: Polio
11:08 8. False Starts: Vaccines that Haven't Worked
12:32 9. Vaccination Has Generated a Backlash from the Beginning
14:38 10. Less Nasty, Less Brutish and Much longer: Life After Vaccines

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