Strange Country Ep. 142: The Cutter Incident
Strange Country
English - May 07, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 73.3 MB - ★★★ - 170 ratingsComedy History cults ghosts unusual americanhistory comedy eccentrics history librarians library storytelling Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week we will scare the shit out of you. Ah Dash Hounds, if our stories of strange, ghostly things never made your shoulder hair stand up, how about the idea that vaccines can take a really long time to get right. We will dive into the polio vaccine of 1955 and learn that sometimes problems can arise when doling out the new promising vaccine. Our intention is not to make you fearful, but to bring intelligence and insight and skepticism to anything that looks like it may be good. But you already do that Dash Hounds because you are special like Beth and Kelly. More often these times are mirroring old times more than we could have imagined. Be safe, stay healthy and Happy Listening.
Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands
Cite your sources:
Bovian, Jason. Wiping Out POlio, How the US Snuffed Out a Killer. Oct. 15, 2012. NPR
Polio Global Eradication Initiative
Offit, Paul. The Cutter Incident.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/04/politics/operation-warp-speed-coronavirus-vaccines/index.html
Bogel Burroughs, Nicholas. Antivaccination Activists a Growing Force at Protest. May 2,2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/us/anti-vaxxers-coronavirus-protests.html