Covid-19, the African Story

#5 What the disgraced doctor did next will shock you


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Let’s be honest. Black lives haven’t always mattered to some unscrupulous medical researchers. 

So any discussion of vaccine hesitancy has to acknowledge those doubts;  we talk about the Kano incident. We’ll find out from a Nigerian journalist who covered the tragedy exactly what happened, and why some people still don’t trust big drug companies. 

And we look at anti-vax history.  How did a trend amongst conservative clergymen in 18th Century England develop into a worldwide anti-Western, anti-establishment movement? How is a fraudulent former doctor from Eton involved in the story? And what's the Hollywood connection?

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Covid-19, the African StoryBy Produced and written by Nick Raistrick; presented by Nelly Kalu.