In this episode we compare and contrast the Smallpox outbreaks from the past with the present situation. You may believe the challenges we face today are new. They are not. Science denial is as old as science itself. The players change but the script remains the same.
Politicians and pundits put the economy ahead of public health back then as now!
Conspiracy theorists were just as vocal and effective in the pre social media age as they are now.
Con-artists selling alternative cures used all the same tricks they do today.
Somehow we eradicated Smallpox, will we ever be able to do that again?
Who doesn’t believe in germs in this day and age? You’ll be surprised.
America’s founding fathers, the alt right, Chri$tian fundamentalism, bestiality, the Salem Witch trials and of course our favourite superhero, Satan all weave their way into this Déjà vu tale.
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