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How to use statistics to prepare for the next pandemic

  • Written by R. Alexander Bentley, Professor of Anthropology, University of Tennessee
How to use statistics to prepare for the next pandemicSocioeconomic and cultural data can help governments predict and slow the spread of the next pandemic.Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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Publicly available statistics about population demographics and culture can help governments prepare for the next pandemic. We have found that...

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