BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-/-/EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Vaccination - Professor Chris Whitty UID:2483 DESCRIPTION:​\n\nVaccination\n\nProfessor Chris Whitty\n\nWeds 10 Feb 2021, 6pm-7pm online (or watch later) https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/vaccination\n\nVaccination has transformed the outlook for many previously lethal infectious diseases. It has, however, caused controversy since its beginnings, even when used for widely feared diseases such as smallpox. For many infectious diseases we do not have a vaccine, and may never get one.\n\nVaccination is increasingly being considered for cancers, including ones with no infectious trigger.\n\nThis lecture will consider several aspects of the science and public debate about vaccines.\n\nMore about Gresham College\n\nGresham College has been giving free public medical lectures (Physic) since 1597 - it was one of the 7 original subjects at the College's foundation.\n\n \n\n DTSTART:20210210T131400Z DTEND:20210210T131400Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR