37: Variola Birmingham
In 1978 on the cusp of the eradication of SmallPox a Medical Photographer became infected and would ultimately die from the Variola virus. We look at how admiration, promotion and delegation led to a wholly avoidable outcome.
With John Chidgey.
Investigation Report:
Medical Analyses:
Links of Potential Interest:
- SmallPox
- History of Smallpox
- Biosafety Level 4
- A Bioweapon Expert Explains Four Ways A Pathogen Can Escape From A Lab
- Review of Medical Errors in Laboratory Diagnostics and Where We Are Today
- Pathogens Sometimes Escape the Lab With Deadly Results
- 1970s Chinese pandemic was a lab mistake
- Bio-Unsafety Level 3: Could the Next Lab Accident Result in a Pandemic?
- SmallPox is not Dead
- Caroline Foulkes looks back at the 1978 outbreak
- Smallpox virus retention debate
- Lessons learned from smallpox outbreak
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Episode Gold Producer: 'r'.
Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, John Whitlow, Kevin Koch, Oliver Steele, Lesley Law Chan, Hafthor and Shane O'Neill.
