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Dr. Larry Brilliant & Eradicating Smallpox
Ian Bremmer: How to Change the World | Dr. Larry Brilliant & Eradicating Smallpox | GZERO World
April 30, 2020
Smallpox killed people for centuries. In 1977, a sea plane carrying a medical team from the World Health Organization descended on a place called Bola Island, nestled in the world's largest delta. Their mission, monitor and eradicate a deadly and highly contagious virus, first documented in China and easily spread by droplets from a cough or sneeze. This is the story of eradicating smallpox. Dr. Larry Brilliant would go on to co-found the Seva Foundation treating blindness and later lead Google's worldwide philanthropy.
In a 2006 TED Talk, Dr. Larry Brilliant warned that the world was not ready for the next big pandemic. Fast-forward to 2020, as we deal with the coronavirus.
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