What about the next pandemic?

5/18/2017

Consider, here, that 500 million people worldwide were killed in the Spanish Flu pandemic, nearly 100 years ago. Now pair that with the ease of travel we have in our age.

To be certain, we’ve had scares with avian flu, Ebola, and Zika but none attained this magnitude. Are we capable of handling an outbreak with this kind of impact?
Read more at Lawfare Blog, here: http://ht.ly/HDQy30bPWwe

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My main interests are:
- communication and society, especially as related to technology and media;
-technology for good;
-social good; and
-emergency public information

I will share articles of interest from various media sources, as well as my own blog posts.

Don't be surprised, however, to see the occasional foodie post or absurdity of the day - blogs should always allow some room for general interest and ranting.

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