Exploring the historical eradication of rinderpest and its parallels to measles, the hosts discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on global health efforts. Updates on diseases like dracunculiasis and polio shed light on the successes and challenges in battling these illnesses. The chapter also reflects on the challenges of addressing podcast topics during a world crisis, balancing escapism with the need to tackle current health challenges.
This 2020 episode examines how, though rinderpest was declared eradicated fairly recently, rinderpest's history goes way back. Eradicating the disease took a coordinated, international effort.
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