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What can past pandemics teach us how to tackle the current one? Tracing the history of contagions from cholera to Ebola and beyond, science journalist Sonia Shah explains why we're more vulnerable to outbreaks now than ever before, what we can do to minimize the spread of coronavirus and how to prevent future pandemics. (This virtual conversation is part of the TED Connects series, hosted by science curator David Biello and current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers. Recorded March 31, 2020)
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Truth!
Classist BS.
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@Isabelle Elliot Swerve it/Don’t even engage with or try to understand!
+Crime Man You are on the right track.
https://youtu.be/I5g3ouE3WOI
Easy for her to say
Tell China not to lie and stop all travel, that’s how a pandemic becomes one – it travels.
Every disease scare we’ve had seemingly comes from there
@The Flaneur I am Chinese and I like my bat soup.You dare to stop me and I will use my Karate Skills on you.
@Karan i remember this guy saying he knew karate and he can fight. 2 seconds later he was spitting his teeth out in a pool of blood.
@Karan Chinese people don’t eat bats. The photos you saw were from the former US colony of Palau
The strongest military force in the world is made redundant by one virus. Let that sink in.
Just say “no”
No one or nothing is legally allowed to enter your body without your consent
いつも参考にしております！！！
Wet markets lady. Start fighting
I am a girl and I am privillaged.
Although I don’t know about medicine a lot, but it seems that medicine has needed to improve exceptionally othrwise next generation will force to excruciating hygienic life.
This known pandemic(Covid-19) is an strong performer and its duty is to create more creativity in medicine by experts scientists. Huge problems are those which can make strongest revolutions in globe.
#Stay_healthy.
Sadly antibiotics and vaccines are not really profitable for pharmaceutical companies anymore. Untill that changes, we are not going to see many new ones be developed.
@Teachnig Learning hopefully. This virus is a wake up call…but luckily it seems most will survive. We need to learn and move forward once this is over. Use these lessons to fight other big issues such as climate change, world poverty etc.
Closed borders is a great way to control these pandemics.
We need to massively invest in lab grown meat, bring costs down, and tax normal meat. Reducing meat consumption is the only way to avoid these epidemics. China needs to drastically improve it’s meat procurement system. There’s no place for live animal slaughter in the middle of mega cities. However these problems exist even in developed countries. The 2009 Swine Flu killed half a million people over the last decade and it originated on a US owned factory farm in Mexico.
This can happen anywhere and reducing meat consumption globally will not only reduce disease but carbon footprint as well.
How to prevent pandemic?
Delete China!
(Drop mic)
This was a great video! Thank you Sonia Shah , Thank you Ted
do you think theres a chance that the spreading of virus’s “from animals” may have something to do with the fact that humans are animals too?
or is the implication here that humans are not animals?
bizarre…
Close China
CHINA LIED TO THEIR CITIZENS
CHINA LIED TO THE WORLD