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The pandemic threat.(Health)

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| October 01, 2005 | Darling, Miranda | COPYRIGHT 2005 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

TALK OF PLAGUES in these gleaming modern days drags the mind back in time to the pustules, exorcisms and corpse pits of the Dark Ages. Unfortunately, the issue of global pandemics is very much one of the future; it could even turn out to be the issue of our times.

Discussions of the dangers the globe faces from emerging infectious diseases (EID) most often take place against a backdrop of human security. The individual is taken as the referent and the threat to his personal well-being is assessed. This widening of the security agenda from the traditional boundaries of national security to include the welfare of every human being tends to blur the pragmatic ...

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