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We've Been Looking At The Spread Of Global Pandemics All Wrong

Emily Badger | The Atlantic Cities | February 25, 2013

Five hundred years ago, the spread of disease was largely constrained by the main mode of transportation of the time: people traveling on foot. An outbreak in one town would slowly ripple outward with a pattern similar to what occurs when a rock drops onto a surface of still water...Today, disease migrates across populations and geography with a curiously different pattern. Read More »