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Pandemics

Hopefully technology will one day be able to eliminate potential killers before they start to spread - but until then its necessary to be vigilant to the pandemics that don't differentiate between those with a plan to live forever and those without.

What's the chance of a deadly disease annihilating the world's population? Some of the key factors are:

  1. ease of transmission - by contact or air
  2. is it infectious before symptoms so that public health measures can be used?
  3. how deadly is it? lots of novel flus are no worse than seasonal ones
  4. can it be prevented or treated?


Read more about: Coronavirus, Ebola.

Resources

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Ebola Fact Sheet

Information by WHO about ebola virus disease

Ebola entry on Wikipedia

Information about ebola disease

Homeland Security Digital Library Pandemics and Epidemics

Including response plans for avian influenza, Ebola and Zika virus

COVID-19

Amazon

The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened and How to Stop the Next One

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic

Amazon

The book about pandemics and how to prevent it written by Bill Gates

Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB)

Independent monitoring body for global health crises created by WHO and World Bank

World Health Organization (WHO)

Specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health

Anticipating the next Black Death

07-Nov-2020

Conversation with author and journalist Debora MacKenzie

BBC Pandemic

App for better understand of pandemics.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Advice for everyone

Advice and links to 111 service etc

More Pandemics resources

Pandemics Blog Posts

Have you had coronavirus? UK COVID-19 antibody tests from £65
04-Feb-2021

Have you had coronavirus? UK COVID-19 antibody tests from £65

Comparison of UK mail and clinic tests, plus a review of the Medichecks test

Types of coronavirus tests, and how accurate are they?
25-Jan-2021

Types of coronavirus tests, and how accurate are they?

Do you know the difference between sensitivity and specificity?

How To Boost Your Immune System
14-Jan-2021

How To Boost Your Immune System

Help your body to help yourself with these easy tips on improving your immune system

Summary of London Futurists’ Engineering Greater Human Resilience Panel Discussion
27-Apr-2020

Summary of London Futurists’ Engineering Greater Human Resilience Panel Discussion

Interesting thoughts from an international panel of futurists

Coronavirus Deaths UK Tracker
22-Apr-2020

Coronavirus Deaths UK Tracker

Tracking UK COVID-19 deaths to see when the peak is passed

Recent News

England and Wales see slight increase in life expectancy in 2021 - official figure to follow

BBC - 17-Oct-2022

Only 4 out of 31 countries studies have seen their period life expectancy recover since 2020

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Covid restrictions provided unique real-world experiment with reduced air pollution

The Guardian - 26-Jan-2022

Big drop in NO2 produced biggest benefit, less significant drops seen in PM2.5 and PM10

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Senolytic drugs improved survival rates in coronavirus-infected mice

SENS Research Foundation - 07-Oct-2021

Boosts immune response by clearing senescent cells; a potential treatment for COVID-19 in humans

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Covid-19 hit hardest in men, cutting their life expectancy by over an year

BBC - 23-Sep-2021

Life expectancy will recover in the future, but with a 'slower growth'

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A 12-week Better Health campaign to help you lose weight and stay active

BBC - 26-Jul-2021

Free support and guidance to shed those excess kilos gained during lockdown

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