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Prof. Thomas Levenson discusses the history and impact of vaccines.

Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Thomas Levenson is Professor of Science Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has also made ten feature-length documentaries (including a two-hour Nova program on Einstein) for which he has won numerous awards. Please subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmation=1

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