For years, journalist and researcher Carlos Daguer immersed himself in centuries-old archives, colonial documents and remote records to reconstruct a story that seems like a fable.: how the conflict that occurred in 1802 between the city council and the deputy chief Pedro Mendinueta over the management of smallpox in Santafé de Bogotá spread the world’s … Continue reading The Pus of Miracles: How the 1802 Smallpox Conflict in Bogotá Led to the World’s First Vaccination Campaign