On March 11th, 2020, the World Health Organization declared that the outbreak of the lethal Coronavirus had become a worldwide pandemic. We'll examine some of the most devastating plagues in human history, as well the scientific advances to combat these diseases, including the development of Edward Jenner's vaccine for smallpox in the 1790s. Jenner's vaccine was one of the first major breakthroughs in modern medicine and helped to end humanity's superstitious attitude towards disease. But in the future, might we face diseases that are different from the ones we've experienced in the past?
| Name | Type | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Gattanela | Writer | ||
| Kevin Burns | Writer | ||
| Rob O'Brien | Writer | ||
| Eric Murphy | Producer | ||
| William Shatner | Host | ||
| Tok Thompson | Guest Star | Self - Assoc. Prof. of Anthropology, USC | |
| Kirsten Fisher | Guest Star | Self - Assoc. Prof. of Biology, Cal State LA | |
| Christine Colby | Guest Star | Self - Journalist | |
| Graham Phillips | Guest Star | Self - Author, Act of God | |
| Michio Kaku | Guest Star | Self - Physicist, CUNY | |
| Ariel Bar Tzadok | Guest Star | Self - Founder, KosherTorah School | |
| Jake Wynn | Guest Star | Self - Medical Historian | |
| Raj Dasgupta | Guest Star | Self - Pulmonologist, USC | |
| Julye Bidmead | Guest Star | Self - Assoc. Prof. Religious Studies, Chapman Univ. | |
| Michael Dennin | Guest Star | Self - Physicist, Univ. of California, Irvine | |
| Gigi Gronvall | Guest Star | Self - Immunologist, John Hopkins Univ. | |
| Kim Egan | Executive Producer | ||
| Kevin Burns | Executive Producer | ||
| David Comtois | Executive Producer | ||
| William Shatner | Executive Producer | ||
| Joe Lessard | Executive Producer | ||
| Susan E. Leventhal | Executive Producer | for HISTORY | |
| Rob O'Brien | Executive Producer |