The World is Unprepared

The World is Unprepared

      The word is not ready for whatever infectious challenge is imminent in the near future. Looking back on history, it is clear that the biggest threats to America and the world is not war, illegal immigration, or a broken economy. It is a lack of preparedness scientifically and medically for whatever virus or disease will ultimately make its way home.

     Most people forget that during the 20th century, there was an epidemic that killed the same amount of individuals as WWII that came less than 2 decades before.

     Spanish Influenza was prominent from 1918-1919 and killed an estimated 65 million people. 

According to Bill Gates in an interview with Vox News, "Today's modern transport compared to 1918 is 50 times as great."

     If the Spanish Flu was able to spread to all points of the world days after its inception in 1918 with more basic methods of transportation compared to today, imagine how quickly a similar disease could ravage the world today.

     Like Ebola in 2014, Bill Gates said we were in no way prepared for an outbreak of that level. 

The scary part is, is that the Ebola outbreak was very controllable in the grand scheme of things compared to other potential outbreaks done on computer simulation.

     The world was not prepared for a relatively small outbreak, and another one is sure to take its place on a much larger scale sometime in the future. 

-Wainam