Unexpected Smallpox A young girl in a Lithuanian church was revealing secrets. Secrets about her life. And her disease. Some were secrets that had been anticipated. But then. As scientists continued to examine the girl’s naturally mummified remains, they were in for a surprise. Variola major. Smallpox! They were looking for something else entirely among the … Continue reading SURPRISE! SMALLPOX NOT AS ANCIENT AS WE THOUGHT
“. . . There was a simulation called Dark Winter that didn’t come out very well, i.e., smallpox scored one and humanity scored zero.” Microsoft founder Bill Gates at Davos, Switzerland, January 2017. Video courtesy of Business Insider, January 18, 2017, 2 min, 35 seconds, link here BILL GATES: A deadly epidemic is a real possibility … Continue reading Bill Gates Warns of Smallpox, Flu & Other Epidemics
Nigerian smallpox vaccination poster in the Hausa language Smallpox: The Why? It’s time to shift gears. It’s time for the Why. Not why I wrote Vaccines & Bayonets (I’ve already blogged about that), but why our family moved to Africa. Why … Continue reading Smallpox: The Why? in My Memoir
VACCINES & BAYONETS: Fighting Smallpox in Africa amid Tribalism, Terror and the Cold War 