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"Pandemics – the global spread of infectious diseases – seem to be making a
comeback. In the Middle Ages we had the Black Death (plague), and after the
first world war we had the Spanish flu. Tens of millions of people died from
these diseases.
Then science began to get the upper hand, with vaccination eradicating
smallpox, and polio nearly so. Antibiotics became available to treat bacterial
infections, and more recently antivirals as well.
But in recent years and decades pandemics seem to be returning. In the 1980s we
had HIV/AIDS, then several flu pandemics, SARS, and now COVID (no, COVID isn’t
over).
So why is this happening, and is there anything we can do to avert future
pandemics?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
