(Who issues global, 2003).
The impact and seriousness of the SARS epidemic proves that population health technology needs more attention. This includes the Internet, wireless devices, and mobile/smart phones. In the event of another outbreak, a bioterrorism attack, or even a serious public health emergency, these devices help gather, detect, and communicate information to a global audience that has a greater chance of working collaboratively to find a cure, vaccine, or at least understand how to quarantine certain populations and help prevent the disease's spread (Eysenbach, 2003).
Moreover, many medical scholars believe that the SARS outbreak, as serious as it was, may have been only a training exercise for the potential of a global pandemic. With world travel as easy as it is, 1 person travelling from China to Los Angeles could infect 100 people. Those 100 passengers could conceivable be traveling to 100 different destinations; when one adds the time in the air for new cases, the crowded nature of airports, and the lack of hygiene while travelling, one can see that the Internet is an invaluable tool in facilitating rapid, global communication of information...
Truly, this is globalism at its finest; putting the global community ahead of the local authorities to find a way to adapt to bacteria and viruses that are more aggressive than ever (Hsieh, 2003).
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Hsieh, Y., (2003, August). SARS and the Internet. New England Journal of Medicine. (349) 8: 711-12.
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