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the world health organization says zika remains a significant enduring public health challenge requiring intense action. one only needs to look back to 1918 when the spanish flu pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people around the globe. in many ways, we re even more vulnerable today. densely packed cities, wars, natural disasters and international air travel mean a deadly virus propagated in a small village in africa can be transmitted almost anywhere in the world, including the united states, within 24 hours. i haven t even touched upon the potential for bioterrorism. according to daniel gerstein of rand, biological weapons are now within the reach of many rogue nations, and possibly some terrorist groups. which is to say that a budget based on america-first is short-sighted and won t help the u.s. stave off the threat from deadly pathogens. biosecurity and global pandemics

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