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The story of Viktor Zhdanov - Works in Progress

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Although Viktor Zhdanov’s name is little known today, he spearheaded one of the greatest projects in history. Who was he and what did he do? Is it possible for us to eradicate a disease that has plagued humankind for thousands of years? That was the question posed to the World Health Organisation in 1958. For over three thousand years, the disease smallpox devastated people across the world. The variola virus, which caused smallpox, was inhaled by individuals through the air or contracted through fluids and surfaces. For several days, they would experience fevers, fatigue and muscle pain, before spots would appear on their mouths and tongues. Then pimples and rashes would develop on their faces, their chests, and then all over their bodies. These spots and rashes erupted, releasing new particles of the variola virus into the air or fluids, where they could infect more people. During this time, some patients started bleeding internally. The virus could replicate so considerably that it

Is it possible for us to eradicate a disease that has plagued humankind for thousands of years? That was the question posed to the World Health Organisation in 1958. For over three thousand years, the disease smallpox devastated people across the world. The variola virus, which caused smallpox, was inhaled by individuals through the air or contracted through fluids and surfaces. For several days, they would experience fevers, fatigue and muscle pain, before spots would appear on their mouths and tongues. Then pimples and rashes would develop on their faces, their chests, and then all over thei

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