Episode 1249 • • 2:44:09 - 2:49:20
1249: KBALL One
GAVI Vaccine Summit and Boris Johnson's History Lesson
Prime Minister Boris Johnson served as the keynote speaker for the GAVI "Vaccinapalooza" 2020 summit, which raised $8.8 billion for global vaccine initiatives. Johnson praised Bill and Melinda Gates for their leadership and credited British doctor Edward Jenner as the pioneer of the world's first vaccine for smallpox. The summit emphasized the "unavoidable reality" of pathogens and the necessity of universal inoculation.