Channel: Objectivity

Category: Science & Technology

Tags: history of vaccinationdeadly viruscoronavirusarchiveimmunisationsmallpoxpandemicvirusthe royal societyvaccinevacinationedward jennercoronahistory of medicine

Description: Brady joins Rupert Baker at The Royal Society to look at how early 18th Century research helped to turn the tide against the deadly smallpox virus. More links below ↓↓↓ For further reading take a look at this Royal Society blog post 'West Africans and the history of smallpox inoculation' which highlights the research of historian Elise A. Mitchell: royalsociety.org/blog/2020/10/west-africans-and-the-history-of-smallpox-inoculation Objectivity on Patreon: patreon.com/objectivity Subscribe to Objectivity: bit.ly/Objectivity_Sub Films by James Hennessy and Brady Haran Royal Society website: bit.ly/Royal_Society The Royal Society's own YouTube channel: youtube.com/user/RoyalSociety Facebook: facebook.com/ObjectivityVideos Twitter: twitter.com/objectivity_vid Patron thank you page: bradyharanblog.com/objectivity-patrons Objectivity T-Shirts: teespring.com/stores/objectivity