Swine flu is not an anomaly. We know that swine flu - like the vast majority of new outbreaks - comes from animals. We should be monitoring those animals and the humans that come into contact with them, so we can catch these viruses early, before they infect major cities and spread throughout the world.
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The reality is: By the time swine flu got on the radar screen of global public health, it had alreaNathan Wolfe:
There are commonalities among all the pandemics that occur, and we can learn from them. One commonaNathan Wolfe:
If we can contain and monitor animal viruses at an earlier stage - when they're first entering humaNathan Wolfe:
When there is an influenza threat, drop everything and focus on risks from influenza pandemics. WheNathan Wolfe:
We live in a world fraught with risk from new pandemics. Fortunately, we also now live in an era wiNathan Wolfe:
Pandemics do not occur randomly. From malaria and influenza to AIDS and SARS, the lethal microbes hNathan Wolfe:
The world can now maintain an acute infection in a way that is unprecedented in the history of lifeNathan Wolfe:
Seasonal flu is now a pandemic that lasts for years and years because you've got so many people thaNathan Wolfe:
If an alien visited Earth, they would take some note of humans, but probably spend most of their tiNathan Wolfe:
As a species, I think we have no choice but to try and forecast pandemics.