5/30/2023 0 Comments Brave church vaccine![]() These occur with some regularity the previous four were in 1918, 1957, 19. For decades, microbiologists and epidemiologists have warned about an influenza pandemic. Modern disease outbreaks allow scientists to detect patterns, even if they cannot precisely predict what, when, where and how an outbreak might occur. Similarly, the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by a novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, was a predictable phenomenon. A catastrophic Category 5 hurricane that misses major population centers is quickly forgotten a milder Category 3 hurricane that decimates New Orleans has long-lasting consequences. Even predictable phenomena, such as the Atlantic hurricane season, tell us nothing about the magnitude and target of, or potential for, economic damage. While the patterns provide broad strokes of expected behavior, it strikes mostly randomly. Rather, it operates off general patterns that occur under various conditions. Nature has neither imperatives nor constraints to guide its behavior. ![]() Of all the major geopolitical players on the planet, Mother Nature may be the toughest adversary. This article was originally published at Geopolitical Futures.
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