Harriet Mills - SARS and H1N1: how do pandemics spread so quickly?

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Channel: Imperial College London · 2015 · Science & Technology

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The Black Death took three years to infect Europe, whereas 2009’s swine flu pandemic crossed the world in three months. Harriet Mills, a scientist working to understand, and even predict these spreading events to aid more effective interventions, will describe how modelling infection can fight the next global health scare.
 
This talk was recorded at Imperial Festival 2015

To find out more please visit http://www.imperial.ac.uk/be-inspired/festival/

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