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See the ugly cost of the next big flu pandemic. We can do more to prepare.

Summary: Epidemics of Ebola and Zika remind us of a danger too long ignored in favor of more glamorous model-based threats like global warming and fear-based nightmare jihadis with WMDs. Recurring epidemics are facts of history. Here 3 economists, including Larry Summers, look at the likely consequences of another influenza epidemic (like that of 1918, …

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Is the Swine Flu pandemic being used to an excuse to expand government powers – UK edition?

Part 3 of this series – disturbing evidence from the UK.  The previous chapters were: (1)  What about all the hype, the extreme warnings, about swine flu?, 3 September 2009 (2)  Update: about the swine flu epidemic, 9 October 2009 (4)  Who to blame for the delay in producing the swine flu vaccine?, 4 November 2009 (5)  More about …

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What about all the hype, the extreme warnings, about swine flu?

We’re bombarded with warnings about the next wave of the swine flu epidemic. I don’t know what this all means. Any thoughts are welcome!  Other chapters in this series: (2)  Update: about the swine flu epidemic, 9 October 2009 (3)  Is the Swine Flu pandemic being used to an excuse to expand government powers (UK edition)?, …

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