TED Talk: Pandemics

TED Prize wish: Help stop the next pandemic by Larry Brilliant

What can we learn from the 1918 flu? by Laurie Garrett

My favorite part is that only 20% of Tamiflu is used by human bodies. The rest goes back into the ecosystem where waterfowl who can spread flu end up breeding resistant strains. Ouch.

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