how did it come to this?

2.04 - “I shall endeavour to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind”

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This week on how did it come to this? Disease, death and something that can stop it. When the world is destroyed by things we catch, what could we possibly do to control such a force? Who came up with vaccination? Did early vaccines work? What dark diseases ravaged society before we could control them? What has their impact been on society? Why does my doctor have to hide the needle before he gives it to me? And ultimately, how did it come to this?