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The Mystery of Plagues

On March 11th, 2020, the World Health Organization declared that the outbreak of the lethal Coronavirus had become a worldwide pandemic. We'll examine some of the most devastating plagues in human history, as well the scientific advances to combat these diseases, including the development of Edward Jenner's vaccine for smallpox in the 1790s. Jenner's vaccine was one of the first major breakthroughs in modern medicine and helped to end humanity's superstitious attitude towards disease. But in the future, might we face diseases that are different from the ones we've experienced in the past?

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Name Type Role
Kevin Burns Writer
Rob O'Brien Writer
Mike Gattanela Writer
Eric Murphy Producer
William Shatner Host
Christine Colby Guest Star Self - Journalist
Graham Phillips Guest Star Self - Author, Act of God
Michio Kaku Guest Star Self - Physicist, CUNY
Ariel Bar Tzadok Guest Star Self - Founder, KosherTorah School
Jake Wynn Guest Star Self - Medical Historian
Raj Dasgupta Guest Star Self - Pulmonologist, USC
Julye Bidmead Guest Star Self - Assoc. Prof. Religious Studies, Chapman Univ.
Michael Dennin Guest Star Self - Physicist, Univ. of California, Irvine
Gigi Gronvall Guest Star Self - Immunologist, John Hopkins Univ.
Tok Thompson Guest Star Self - Assoc. Prof. of Anthropology, USC
Kirsten Fisher Guest Star Self - Assoc. Prof. of Biology, Cal State LA
David Comtois Executive Producer
William Shatner Executive Producer
Joe Lessard Executive Producer
Susan E. Leventhal Executive Producer for HISTORY
Rob O'Brien Executive Producer
Kim Egan Executive Producer
Kevin Burns Executive Producer