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Why pandemics are not inevitable with Sonia Shah

The TED Interview

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Can You Really Predict Which Cities Will Be Infected Next?

How we travel is hugely influential in the shape of these pandemics and how they unfold. You can literally predict which city will be infected next, just based on the number of direct flights between uninfected and infected cities. So everyone kind of coming, suddenly coming together, a creates these great opportunities for pathagens to spread. But at the same time, you know, you can actually predict,. like were a, and this has been mapped out in really beautiful maps - it resolves into this perfect series of waves.

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