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Penguins of Madagascar and the Smallpox Vaccine

The Anthropocene Reviewed

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Penguins of Madagascar Review

Penguins of madagascar is an exceptionally silly movie, but how else can we confront the absurdities of the anthropocene? After the break, we'll turn our attention to the smallpox faccine. The historian frank snowdon has said that smallpox was the most dreaded disease of the eighteenth century. Around 30 % of infections proved fatal in europe, and those who survived were sometimes blinded for life.

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