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In 2015, Bill Gates, presented a TED Talk on the implications of a global unpreparedness for the next pandemic. During the talk he stated that “The failure to prepare could allow the next epidemic to be dramatically more devastating then Ebola” (2015). However, Gates’ warning of a lack of preparedness is not new. For decades, science journalism and popular science literature has been littered with articles and publications that warn of the dangers posed by a global pandemic. Writing fo …