S2E1 / The Goddess of Smallpox

Published: July 18, 2023, 9 a.m.

To defeat smallpox in South Asia, public health workers had to navigate the region\u2019s layered cultural ideas about the virus. They also dreamed big. In Episode 1, host C\xe9line Gounder wonders how the U.S. might tap into similar \u201cmoral imagination\u201d to prepare for the next public health crisis. \n\nTo close the episode, C\xe9line Gounder wonders how the U.S. might tap into similar \u201cmoral imagination\u201d to prepare for the next public health crisis.