Larry Brilliant — eradicator of Smallpox and TED Prize winner at Vintage TED:
“We almost had a cross of H5N1 and H3N2 in Cambodia. It would have been the worst nightmare in the worst place for propagation. The farmer reported his sick chickens to us immediately. We culled all of his chickens. And the reward is that the farmer gets 1.5 chickens for each one removed.”
“It took us 6 months to detect a new outbreak in 2006. By then, it could have spread to a million people. Today, with the new apps, we are at 23 days, and we need to get it down to one incubation period.”
Q: Are vaccines connected to autism?
A: “Yes. But in the other direction. Certain viruses, like Epstein Barr and Herpes 3 during pregnancy carry a higher risk of autism. So a vaccine may help cure autism one day.”
TED Inside ==> instedd.org is the site
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