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Jo Skinner
Verified
News Journalist, ABC News (Australia)
Queensland
Beats
community news pop culture politicssports
CEO interviews as a follow-up to trending news stories
Content
By Jo Skinner Verified| puffnstuff.com.au@ A childhood illness inspired her career choice, but medicine always had a rival … At the primary school I attended, there was a plinth in the foyer with a statue of an ANZAC soldier poised on top. One day, the school was advised that there was a time capsule hidden inside and the entire school gathered around the plinth for a ceremonial unveiling to see what it contained.
By Jo Skinner Verified| Eureka Street Verified However, it is Dr Edward Jenner who is regarded as the pioneer of vaccination when he realised that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox. In 1796, he famously inoculated an-eight-year-old, James Phipps with material from a cowpox sore. Two months later Jenner inoculated James with smallpox. James did not get infected and is considered the first human to be vaccinated.
By Jo Skinner Verified| puffnstuff.com.au@ A childhood illness inspired her career choice, but medicine always had a rival … At the primary school I attended, there was a plinth in the foyer with a statue of an ANZAC soldier poised on top. One day, the school was advised that there was a time capsule hidden inside and the entire school gathered around the plinth for a ceremonial unveiling to see what it contained.
Company Info
ABC News (Australia)
Kauhava, South Ostrobothnia, Finland