Apr 23, 2020
4 min read
The Coronavirus Will Be Around for Years
The stories of smallpox and polio foreshadow how long this effort will take.
Who here remembers smallpox? Smallpox was a disease caused by two viruses and there’s evidence that people suffered from smallpox as far back as 3 B.C. An English physician created the modern smallpox vaccine in 1796, but it wasn’t until 1967 that there was a concerted…
