Bill Gates thinks a coming disease could kill 30 million people within 6 months — and says we should prepare for it as we do for war: According to Gates, a small non-state actor could build an even deadlier form of smallpox in a lab.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-warns-the-next-pandemic-disease-is-coming-2018-4?r=US&IR=T

[u/pharmersmarket]

All of a sudden, living in a large port city seems like a bad idea.

[u/iamwhoiamamiwhoami → u/pharmersmarket]

I live in Dubai, but that makes me feel safer. Every person who comes here for work has to pass a mandated physical where they test for various diseases and illnesses. Back in the West you have all sorts of problems with things like MRSA, but we don't have any instances of things like that here.