Hello Mark,

Nice to meet you through yesterdays piece on Small Eradication. We smallpox “warriors” who worked in the “programme” certainly do share a bond and feel proud to have changed the world in such a significant way. We also know that, as you say, the real heroes are the ordinary local citizens who did a lot of the grunt work right along with us, whether they be Indians, Bengalis, Ethiopians, Somalians or another citizenry. We “warriors” will never forget that, nor should it be. Thank you for your article.

Michael Santarelli
Service in:
Smallpox Eradication
Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Somalia