The story of how a struggling horse farm in Western India became the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer. This goes right into the collection of my favourite nerdy subgenre: the in-depth profile of stuff our modern world runs on.

From Weekly Filet #539, in August 2025.

How to Vaccinate the World

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