Our history is a battle against the microbes: we lost terribly before science, public health, and vaccines allowed us to protect ourselves - Our World in Data

Our history is a battle against the microbes: we lost terribly before science, public health, and vaccines allowed us to protect ourselves - Our World in Data

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“Humanity’s history is a continuous battle between us and the microbes. For most of our history we were on the losing side.”

Economist Max Roser explores how vaccines, antibiotics and sanitation helped to cut child deaths by tenfold in the last century — and why our best hope against the coronavirus is science. (Our World in Data blog | 9 min read)