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Simon Schama on how inoculation changed the world
Simon Schama discusses how scientific ingenuity and the fear of contagion combined to produce life-saving vaccines
- Matt Elton
- , Sir Simon Schama
Published: May 29, 2023 at 7:10 AM
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As the recent past will attest, the discovery of vaccines can not only save lives, but also change the course of human history. Speaking with Matt Elton, Simon Schama explores the story of inoculation, charting the individuals and organisations who played a pivotal role in its use against deadly diseases including plague, smallpox and cholera.
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Simon Schama is the author of Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations (Simon & Schuster, 2023)
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Matt EltonPodcast editor
Matt Elton is the podcast editor at HistoryExtra
Sir Simon Schama
Simon Schama is a historian, television presenter and professor of art history and history at Columbia University, New York
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