Laurie Garrett: What can we learn from the 1918 flu?

http://www.ted.com In 2007, as the world worried about a possible avian flu epidemic, Laurie Garrett, author of "The Coming Plague," gave this powerful talk to a small TED University audience. Her insights from past pandemics are suddenly more relevant than ever.

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[WunderMaus]

Pardon the pun but this video needs to go viral... lots of good information here!

[HighOnMyLife]

This is one of the first and only video's I've seen in which a majority of the comments (or close to it) are educated. Awesome.

[Jai666666666]

They vaccinated 50 million people and they all died..., next case!!!

[truthaboutflu]

some areas are taking more extreme measures than others. an approved mask worn properly is a great way to keep yourself safe from infection.

[MagicCowWtf]

WE ARE ALL GONNA FUCKIN DIE!!AHH!!

[loggeronline]

The Who?? That's a band right?

(I'm just kidding)

[elchicmagnet]

PPl ! wake up and smell the rat that is the Giant Pharma's th@ create mass panic world wide to prop up their deflating share prices so that u can go and get vaccinated when there is no real threat at all. . . This lady with Capital letters after her name has no concrete evidence or hard facts in anything she says. non what so ever.

I highly recommend watch a documentary that does show facts and government records (de classified) that you can find. Its called "In lies we trust" BY Horowitz

[kevintype]

An 18 month supply of masks, gloves, food, and water is beyond most people's means.

Worse, panicky private hoarding of supplies can create dangerous shortages. When an outbreak is beginning, we are all safer if masks, gloves, and other supplies can be sent quickly to the precise areas where they will slow the spread of the disease.

Better to improve all levels of government and community preparation, and keep a sensibly small private stock of supplies on hand to help bridge the gap.

[Panpiper]

Our government's (all of them) preparation for pandemic is so woefully inadequate as to be a joke. If only it were funny. Personal reliance is really the only way to deal with whatever inevitable pandemic(s) we are likely to encounter. And if we are serious, that 'does' mean a personal, eighteen month supply of masks and surgical gloves, per family member; stringent obeisance to hygiene and protocol for protective measures (like how to put on and take off masks, etc..

[dannukesem]

There are 2532 confirmed cases of swine flu in the US. That is double what is was a few weeks ago.

[Dariovich]

My country has already close ALL schools for an entire week and it was a mess! Nobody thinks it was that neccesary ... I don´t really know, but there are some states that are prolonging the quarantine even further ... what´s the idea? Not working for all that 18 months?!

[ErichoTTA]

Looks like I watched this just in time.