Preparation

• Read The Polio Vaccine: From Medical Miracle to Public Health Catastrophe (Ch. 3, pp. 39-54) of The Panic Virus by Seth Mnookin. [Readings]

• Watch Poliomyelitis: Problems of Eradication (Lecture 24) of Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 with Frank Snowden. [50 min]. If you prefer, you may read Ch. 18 of Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present by Frank Snowden. [SWEM Online].

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