Tag Archives for pandemic
Video: 1889 Pandemic
Wired. “The rapid progression of the 1889 pandemic demonstrates that slower surface travel, even with much smaller traveler flows, sufficed to spread the pandemic across all of Europe and the United States in ~4 months,” the researchers wrote in the … Continue reading
Basic Mobile Biodefense Dashboard
Looks decent enough (but also basic). And here’s a heatmap. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Illicit Flu Vectors
Given the amount of illicit traffic (goods, humans, drugs) between Mexico and the United States, the number of cases both within that country and this may be much higher (given that participants in that network are much less likely to … Continue reading
Pandemic Network Analysis
Excellent post fromValdis Krebs on how a virus propogates throughout a workplace. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
NHPSS
A smart friend on the forefront of medical technology policy explains (via email): The robust surveillance systems are not publicly available. One particularly interesting (restricted) system I’ve heard of is the NHPSS. It tracks real-time over-the-counter and prescription drug sales … Continue reading