SUMMER REWIND: Smallpox and the Mennonite Experience

Send us Fan Mail Today, we bring back Episode 48, Smallpox and the Mennonite Experience. According to historians, the smallpox virus has been circulating among humans for about 3,000 years. In this episode, we unpack the involvement of Russian Empress Catherine the Great and her vaccine cause, and share Mennonite encounters with smallpox and vaccinations as they lived and travelled across Europe, Russia, and into Canada. Support the show Your donations help preserve and share stories like thi...