Three Creative Ways to Eradicate Diseases

Smallpox is the first and only human disease we’ve totally wiped out. However, thanks to breakthroughs made while eradicating smallpox and a number of other creative solutions , we’ve come really close to making a few more diseases a thing of the past.

This episode contains images of disease.

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