Maurice Hilleman: Vaccine Creator
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Was He an Ogre or a Great Guy?
He was contracted by the military to make o accine against japanese and cephalitus fires wher we were sending people into the far east. Bright so cometa, realizing that that was a bacteria d therefore treatable, was a major breakthrough as a student. But his first product was working for e r squib and company. People loved working for him. The rules were clear. He never really took credit. A mean, nobody knows his name. Nobody knows br elman's name,. i would argue he has saved more lives than any other human in history.
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