Ebola
http://majorityrights.com/weblog/comments/postcivil_society_empty_the_cities
In that article read “A Possible Residual Transporter” with its mesh networking capability. Then note the google “loon” is a step in that direction:
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/531041/emtech-googles-internet-loon-balloons-will-ring-the-globe-within-a-year/
The biological isolation described in the 2007 article would be a natural outgrowth of a pandemic such as a more-transmissible ebola strain. Here Forbes quotes CDC as saying 45 million US residents could be infected with the current strain under a “worst case scenario”.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2014/09/23/ebola-epidemic-could-top-1-4-million-cases-in-africa-but-is-ebola-coming-to-america/
Correction: Its applying CDC’s worst case scenario for West Africa to the size of the US population. Nevertheless, the point stands.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/09/22/ebola-outbreak-begs-question-are-cities-hazardous-health
They’re asking the question. Correct link:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/09/22/ebola-outbreak-begs-question-are-cities-hazardous-health/AFkVtsXlFEq5NE6DnAZz9I/story.html
Posted by FriendofMR on Tue, 30 Sep 2014 05:59 | #
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/29/dallas-hospital-isolates-possible-ebola-patient/16461507/