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Can you tell me, are people at a higher risk for pandemics today than 100 years ago?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Possibly: The reason is that air travel can now move people from one end of the world to the other FAST. Although Ebola is an epidemic (not pandemic) - there likely would not have been a case diagnosed in Texas in September if it wasn't for air traffic.

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Answered 10/9/2014

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