For more, <a href="http://fusion.net/story/57515/darpa-thinks-it-has-a-solution-to-ebola-and-all-other-infectious-diseases/" rel="nofollow">http://fusion.net/story/57515/darpa-thinks-it-has-a-solution...</a><p>Premise is fair, though more details are needed to discuss the validity of any particular approach.
<i>"Nato plays war games to check that people are well-trained and prepared. Now we need germ games," he said.</i><p>It's actually a bit surprising that NATO or the UN don't have practice runs for disease outbreaks or natural disasters.
The Guardian (yeah, I know) had a very in-depth look at how the current progress in fighting Ebola from the viewpoint of Prof. Tom Solomon: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/14/meet-the-man-leading-britains-fight-against-ebola" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/14/meet-the-man-le...</a>. Long read, so make sure you have a cup of coffee handy.
Google tracks Flu-related search queries to give indications of current flu outbreaks:<p><a href="http://www.google.org/flutrends/" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.org/flutrends/</a><p>I'd imagine that they track other possible trends indicating an epidemic, and share the result with government health departments and NGOs.<p>Does anyone know if they actually do this, though?
Highly recommended If you're interested in this sort of thing: This Coming Plague, by Laurie Garrett. It's a very good book about, in a nutshell, how easy international travel is, and how lower investment in medical infrastructure and social services affect us all.
Bill Gates, diseases, large contributions to pharmaceutical companies.<p>Me thinks I see an association here that adds up to making lots of money using scare tactics.