The Pill, the Pox and the Limits of Religious Freedom
300 million dead worldwide from smallpox in the 20th century alone. No wonder the United States Public HealthService is run by a General—fighting infectious disease was a life or death battle back then, and countries that failed to mobilize against the enemy would leave millions dead on the battlefield.
In Germany, as I discussed in a recent post, the urgency of fighting infections led to… (Read more and view comments at Forbes)