In 2015, Bill Gates told me a deadly flu-like pandemic spreading under globalized conditions was the most predictable disaster in the history of the human race, and so there was no excuse to not be prepared for it.
I'm thinking about that a lot lately. vox.com/2015/5/27/8660…
I'm thinking about that a lot lately. vox.com/2015/5/27/8660…
"Look at the death chart of the 20th century. I think everybody would say there must be a spike for World War I. Sure enough, there it is, like 25 million. And there must be a big spike for World War II, and there it is, it's like 65 million."
"But then you'll see this other spike that is as large as World War II right after World War I, and most people, would say, 'What was that?'"
"Well, that was the Spanish flu."
It's worth a read: vox.com/2015/5/27/8660…
"Well, that was the Spanish flu."
It's worth a read: vox.com/2015/5/27/8660…
As is this New England Journal of Medicine piece he just wrote: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
