Covid-19, the African Story

#5 What the disgraced doctor did next will shock you

October 07, 2021
Covid-19, the African Story
#5 What the disgraced doctor did next will shock you
Show Notes

Let’s be honest. Black lives haven’t always mattered to some unscrupulous medical researchers. 

So any discussion of vaccine hesitancy has to acknowledge those doubts;  we talk about the Kano incident. We’ll find out from a Nigerian journalist who covered the tragedy exactly what happened, and why some people still don’t trust big drug companies. 

And we look at anti-vax history.  How did a trend amongst conservative clergymen in 18th Century England develop into a worldwide anti-Western, anti-establishment movement? How is a fraudulent former doctor from Eton involved in the story? And what's the Hollywood connection?