U.N. Proposes a Flu Forecasting System
The United Nations is considering using “flu-casters,” modeled on television weather forecasters, to publicize vital information if a global flu pandemic strikes.
They could broadcast the latest developments from emergency-response facilities at the U.N.’s World Health Organization in Geneva, said David Nabarro, the U.N.’s top influenza coordinator.
“The flu-casters would draw out the maps and keep people engaged at regular intervals ... beaming it from the WHO bunker,” Nabarro said in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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