I think that the threat of infectious diseases like ebola and TB are among the main reasons for developed nations to get serious about reducing economic inequal

I think that the threat of infectious diseases like ebola and TB are among the main reasons for developed nations to get serious about reducing economic inequality both globally and within developed countries. I live in LA and a few years back there were several articles written about TB spreading within the homeless population. With all the resources that the US government pays to monitor its population to try to prevent a terrorists from using things like biological weapons, you would think that the US government would be concerned about members of the homeless population that are carrying TB or MDR-TB. The infected homeless are basically untrackable since they most likely don't have bank accounts, home addresses, etc. If you told the CIA that you knew of an untraceable terrorist sleeper cell in the US spreading a contagious disease, you would likely have their full attention. In some ways this is what's being allowed to happen, even as the US dumps billions into fighting terrorism abroad. Working to reduce inequality abroad might also help to stop outbreaks like we saw with ebola. I think in the future, people will look back and say "Well of course there was going to be a global pandemic that wiped out X percent of the world population. You can't have a world that is hyper-connected with air travel while simultaneously leaving most of the population in poverty without getting that result." TB in LA article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/22/tuberculosis-outbreak-los-angeles_n_2743373.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/22/tuberculosis-outbre...