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Eradication: Ridding the World of Diseases Forever?
Nancy Leys Stepan
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In "Eradication," Nancy Leys Stepan chronicles humanity's quest to eliminate diseases forever. Endorsed by Bill Gates, who praised its lessons from past failures, this eye-opening history asks: Can we truly eradicate disease, or are we fighting an impossible battle?

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When a Single Disease Changed Everything

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In 1947, a Mexican traveler arrived in New York City carrying an invisible passenger-smallpox. Within days, panic gripped the city. Five million people lined up for emergency vaccinations. Schools closed. Quarantines locked down entire neighborhoods. One disease, one person, one city transformed into chaos. Yet just thirty years later, smallpox would become the first-and still only-disease humanity deliberately erased from existence. How did we go from terror to triumph? And more importantly, can we do it again? The story of disease eradication is far more complicated than we imagine. It's not just about science or medicine. It's about power, politics, and the audacious belief that we can bend nature to our will. Through the lens of campaigns against yellow fever, malaria, polio, and ultimately smallpox, we discover a pattern of spectacular successes and devastating failures-each teaching us something profound about what it takes to eliminate disease forever.

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The One Disease We Actually Defeated

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The Diseases That Won't Go Away

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The Wisdom of Knowing When to Stop

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