PPPP2 - Cause of Death

Cause of Death EpisodePodcast Description: Welcome to the second week of Powerful Women with Powerful Podcasts. This week we feature Cause of Death! Cause of Death explores past pandemics, epidemics, and outbreaks. Jackie discusses infectious disease and social disease, the reactions to them, the politics behind them, and the effects they have on society. Today’s episode is called Crippled generation: The story of poliovirus. This story is a long one, but Cause of Death does a full history of the disease from its beginning, along with a personal story from Jackie’s aunt, Dorothy Williams, who contracted polio as a child. Now pouring Cause of Death! Listen up and learn a lot! Cause of Death: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cause-of-death/id1566684131 Sources:Polio ResearchEtiology and Pathology:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3859295/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK558944/https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/infectious-diseases/enteroviruses/poliomyelitis History and Current Status:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212416/https://www.cdc.gov/polio/what-is-polio/polio-us.htmlhttps://www.historyofvaccines.org/timeline#EVT_100306https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/polio/public/index.htmlhttps://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7039a1.htm?s_cid=mm7039a1_whttps://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7034a1.htm?s_cid=mm7034a1_w Socioeconomics of Polio:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27083562/Vaccine Research:https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/concerns-history.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK221112/The Cutter Incident:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1383764/Dr. Paul A. Offit M.D.. The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis (Kindle Location 2832). Kindle Edition.This book is really worth the read. It not only describes the challenges of polio as a history, but also talks about why pharmaceutical companies are reluctant to make vaccines. I highly recommend it.Steps to Eradication:https://www.un.org/africarenewal/news/polio-no-longer-endemic-nigeria-%E2%80%93-un-health-agencyhttps://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7034a1.htmhttps://www.cdc.gov/polio/progress/index.htmmRNA vaccine research: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices