vaccines have been hailed as humanity's greatest achievement in medical science,

having saved more lives than any other intervention for any medical condition.

Some people believe this, according to the evidence.

Other people reject it in spite of the evidence.

So today, we're going to have a look at the top 10

superstar vaccines and find out just what each of them has done for humanity. And we're going

to do that right now on Skeptoid. My name is Harry Houdini.

Harry Houdini could make elephants disappear, walk through walls and escape the Chinese water

torture cell, but he was also on a mission against mediums.

I have never seen one genuine medium. Join me, Tim Harford, for a cautionary

tales trilogy on the world's most famous magician. It takes a flim flammer to catch a flim flammer.

Houdini wanted the world to see reason in an age of spiritualism. He went undercover to seances, exposed fakes

and charlatans, and even tried to convince Washington lawmakers to ban mediums for good,

a campaign that cost him friends and made him many enemies. They're going to kill me.

Listen to cautionary tales wherever you get your podcasts.

You're listening to Skeptoid. I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

Vaccines, success story of the century.

Welcome to the show that separates fact from fiction, science from pseudoscience,

real history from fake history, and helps us all make better life decisions by knowing what's real

and what's not. It seems incredible to still have to say it, but vaccines save lives. The data could

not possibly be any more stark, but nevertheless, the

U.S. and the rest of the world in general, is seeing an ever-increasing level of vaccine denial.

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