1869, Ep. 91 with Mary Brazelton, author of Mass Vaccination

1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast

This episode we speak with Mary Brazelton, author of the new book Mass Vaccination: Citizen’s Bodies and State Power in Modern China - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739989/mass-vaccination/ Mary Augusta Brazelton is University Lecturer in Global Studies of Science, Technology and Medicine at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. We spoke to Mary about the striking parallels between China’s success in eradicating smallpox and their current efforts in combating COVID-19—the systems of surveillance and intervention that China developed to implement and monitor vaccinations have created increasingly effective strategies to control epidemics, demonstrated most recently in the coronavirus epicenter of Wuhan. As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on her new book. To receive your discount please go to cornellpress.cornell.edu and use the promo code 09POD. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.