Stamping out smallpox is a chapter of his Brilliant life
Clip: 3/9/2017 | 6m 12s
Larry Brilliant speaks on his career and on his current work identifying global threats.
Larry Brilliant jokes that he doesn't live up to his last name, but he has lived a remarkable life, from his early days in the San Francisco hippie scene, to his work as one of the world’s leading disease fighters who helped eradicate smallpox. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro sits down with Brilliant to look back at his career and current work identifying today’s global threats.
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Stamping out smallpox is a chapter of his Brilliant life
Clip: 3/9/2017 | 6m 12s
Larry Brilliant jokes that he doesn't live up to his last name, but he has lived a remarkable life, from his early days in the San Francisco hippie scene, to his work as one of the world’s leading disease fighters who helped eradicate smallpox. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro sits down with Brilliant to look back at his career and current work identifying today’s global threats.
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