How Pandemics Spread
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In our increasingly globalized world, a single infected person can board a plane and spread a virus across continents. Mark Honigsbaum describes the history of pandemics and how that knowledge can help halt future outbreaks. (Launching a series on How Things Work) "How Pandemics Spread" was animated by Patrick Blower (http://www.patrickblower.com)
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- -: How Pandemics Spread
March 12, 2012 (about 12 years ago)In our increasingly globalized world, a single infected person can board a plane and spread a virus across continents. Mark Honigsbaum describes the history of pandemics and how that knowledge can help halt future outbreaks. (Launching a series on How Things Work) "How Pandemics Spread" was anim...
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- -: Laurie Garrett: What can we learn from the 1918 flu?
April 30, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com In 2007, as the world worried about a possible avian flu epidemic, Laurie Garrett, author of "The Coming Plague," gave this powerful talk to a small TED University audience. Her insights from past pandemics are suddenly more relevant than ever. TEDTalks is a daily video podcas...
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- -: Craig Venter - Are We Too Over-Reliant on Antibiotics?
April 11, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/25/Joining_3_5_Billion_Years_of_Microbial_Invention Celebrity geneticist Craig Venter examines possible long-term implications of antibiotics and antiseptics. ----- Joining 3.5 Billion Years of Microbial Invention featuring biologist J. Craig Venter. ...
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- -: In the Hot Zone with Virus X - Richard Preston
July 12, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/12/Richard_Preston_Panic_in_Level_4 "The Hot Zone" author Richard Preston describes his close call with a mysterious "Virus X," in a visit to a U.S. Army level-4 biocontainment research lab. ----- Richard Preston talks about Panic in Level 4: Canibals,...
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- -: Can the Internet Save Civilization? Seriously
April 20, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/01/Six_Easy_Steps_to_Avert_the_Collapse_of_Civilization Neuroscientist David Eagleman outlines the Internet's potential to be utilized as a powerful tool to prevent the spread of epidemic disease. By reducing human-to-human contact through telepresence a...
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- -: Bill Gates Pledges to Eradicate Polio
February 16, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/01/28/Bill_Gates_Eradicating_an_Old_Reality_Once_and_for_All Bill Gates describes the Gates Foundation's new emphasis on the advancement of vaccinations to eradicate polio, which he predicts will energize the global health system. "In 1988 when the eradicat...
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- -: Press Briefing on H1N1 Influenza
April 27, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Special briefing by those with primary governmental responsibility in handling the current H1N1 flu situation in the US and Mexico. • John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism • Dr. Richard Besser, the Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control an...
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