We cannot allow COVID-19 to defeat us — but it very well might if governments treat it like a perpetual public health emergency vs. an endemic illness.
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Ebola Outbreak Kills an American, Highlights Need for Improved Travel Screening
A 25-year-old man who in March was diagnosed with tuberculosis was arrested some 15 miles outside of Bakersfield, California, after vacating a motel room in which he was ordered to remain while receiving treatment. Half a world away, The World Health Organization has confirmed more than 800 Ebola cases in three West African nations. Thus far, …
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One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap Forward for Pandemic
The Washington Post asks, "Was it ‘crazy’ for this scientist to re-create a bird flu virus that killed 50 million people?" Let me cut to the chase. Yes. Just about anyone paying heed the past five to 10 years might have noticed a near-constant drumbeat on the possibility of pandemic: SARS, bird flu, swine flu …
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