EPISODE · Apr 21, 2020 · 21 MIN
Ep. 82/ Jonathan Salk/What Would the Creator of the Polio Vaccine Tell us Now?
from Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton
The vaccine for polio was announced 65 years ago, in April of 1955. Dr. Jonas Salk who led the team that developed the vaccine understood the urgency of a pandemic, and more broadly, that the key to eradicating disease takes more than science alone. In this interview with, Dr Salk’s youngest son, Dr. Jonathan Salk, Beyond Well’s Sheila Hamilton talks about the human, social, political and economic relationships involved in eradicating disease.
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Ep. 82/ Jonathan Salk/What Would the Creator of the Polio Vaccine Tell us Now?
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