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The Eradication of Smallpox

The Eradication of Smallpox

FromEverything Everywhere Daily


The Eradication of Smallpox

FromEverything Everywhere Daily

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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Oct 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On May 8, 1980, officials from the World Health Organization announced that smallpox, the disease which had ravaged humanity across the world for millennia, had been eradicated.

Over the last century before the eradication of smallpox, it is estimated to have killed half a billion people.

Learn more about humanity’s deadliest disease and how it was eradicated on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Released:
Oct 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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A Podcast for Intellectually Curious People! Learn something new every single day. Everything Everywhere Daily tells the stories of interesting people, places, and things from around the world and throughout history. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, history, science, geography, and culture.