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Disease prevention has been in DARPAs wheelhouse for a while now. While in grad school, a couple groups at my school worked on a project to predict the future e
by wespiser_2018 7y ago
Disease prevention has been in DARPAs wheelhouse for a while now. While in grad school, a couple groups at my school worked on a project to predict the future evolution of influenza, so the vaccine order in March will be relevant to the strains dominate in November. https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2016-06-13a https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2016-06-13a
The last time I heard an update, it was that prediction was very difficult as unpredictable random mutation was dominating strain evolution.
- DrScientist 7y agoAs the military often go to 'exotic' places, they are have long been at the forefront of wanting to treat 'tropical' diseases. Also with the military setup - lots of people living together in barracks - infectious diseases have a high risk of spreading rapidly.