This is a video from New York Times' series Retro Report about the Covid-19 outbreak and how other outbreaks were dealt with in the past, specifically the eradication of smallpox across the world. Doctors would hold public events and campaigns to spread awareness so those infected could be quarantined and treated accordingly. Doctors offered rewards for reported cases and walked around with pictures of those affected asking if community members saw anyone who looked like the picture. This helped especially with hidden cases, or cases that were unidentified that resulted in spreading in a community unaware of what the virus really was. The video also addresses how not to deal with epidemics or disease eradication with the antivaccination campaigns based in political or religious distrust in Africa and the Middle East that lead to the rise of polio. These epidemics and how they were addressed can help with the response to Covid-19 as we learn from history instead of ignoring it.
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