The Greatest Hero of All Time Is Someone You’ve Never Heard Of

Jeff Valdivia
4 min readNov 9, 2020

His actions alone saved millions of lives.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2015/07/30/the-best-person-who-ever-lived.html

In 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Smallpox had been eradicated and the world breathed a sigh of relief. Smallpox was a deadly and highly contagious disease, killing three out of every ten people that contracted it. In the 20th century alone, it is estimated that Smallpox killed between…

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Jeff Valdivia

Following my curiosity and hoping it will lead me to wisdom. I write about psychology, meditation, self-development, and spirituality.