Kim talks to Esmé about eradication of diseases and how it’s not as easy as you think to carry out. We also talk about vaccination and the lack of other possible ways to eradicate a disease. Finally, listen out for mentions of Smallpox, Rinderpest, Polio and Measles and how they have been eradicated or why they haven’t been removed yet.

Show Notes:

3 Blue 1 Brown. (2020). ‘Simulating an Epidemic’. Youtube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxAaO2rsdIs&feature=youtu.be. [Accessed: 25/4/2020]

CDC. (2020). ‘History of Smallpox’, Smallpox. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/smallpox/history/history.html.[Accessed: 25/4/2020]

Roser M, Ochmann S, Behrens H, Ritchie H, Dadonaite B. (2020). "Eradication of Diseases". Our World in Data. Available at: https://ourworldindata.org/eradication-of-diseases.[Accessed: 25/4/2020]

U.S Department of Health and Human Services. (2020). ‘Vaccine Types’. Vaccines.gov. Available at: https://www.vaccines.gov/basics/types. [Accessed: 25/4/2020]