Lev Zilber, the father of Soviet immunology | RT Documentary

Virus Whisperer - a new RT Documentary tells the life story of Lev Zilber - a legendary Soviet virologist and immunologist who laid the foundation for many therapeutic approaches, including the plasma anti-body transfusions used to treat COVID-19 patients today. He was arrested three times and exiled to a Gulag. Not only did he survive, but made several breakthroughs while working in unbearable conditions in the forced labour camps. 00:00 - Soviet virologist Lev Zilber 2:34 - USSR’s plague epidemic 6:51 -