Get well soon: history's worst plagues and the heroes who fought them

Elect sane, calm leaders : Antonine plague

Frogs don't save lives, reading history books does : bubonic plague

Try being nice instead of burning people as witches : dancing plague

Spread the word that vaccines are the best : smallpox

STD shaming leads to STD spreading : syphilis

Never glamorize ill health : tuberculosis

If you want to demonstrate conventional wisdom is wrong, be ready to prove your theory thoroughly : cholera

Know that one good person can make a difference, and that you can be that person : leprosy

If you are diseased, don't deliberately infect other people : typhoid

Censorship kills : Spanish flu

Keep track of medical advances, because they are happening faster than ever : encephalitis lethargica

Don't listen to fast-talking charlatans with few medical credentials : lobotomies

Understand that when communities, leaders, and scientists work together, we can save the world : polio

Learn from the past : epilogue.