Stanley Plotkin joins TWiV to recount his career as a vaccinologist, having participated in the development of vaccines for polio, rabies, and rubella, and his thoughts on the current anti-science, anti-public health, and anti-vaccine climate.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Guest: Stanley A. Plotkin

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• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• Stanley Plotkin (History of Vaccines)
• Talking about vaccines with Dr. Plotkin (CHOP)
• Path to eradication of rubella (Vaccine)
• Status of cytomegalovirus vaccine (J Inf Dis)
• Human diploid cell vaccines (Dev Biol Stand)
• IPV an essential part of polio eradication (Clin Inf Dis)
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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