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Pandemics and health disasters have ripple effects that churn through generations.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Pandemics begin when disease-harboring animals, such as bats, come in close proximity with people, livestock or other animals and pass on new pathogens.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2024

Speaking of SBF: On March 30, the Bankman-Fried brothers donated $5,000 each to the Next 50 PAC—which in turn dispatched $5,000 to Flynn’s campaign and another $5,000 to Guarding Against Pandemics the very next day.

From Slate • Dec. 13, 2023

“We’re in a quiet period,” said Max Henderson, a former Google executive who is one of the proponents of the Californians Against Pandemics initiative.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Pandemics, such as this, repeat themselves; and other forms of dread disease are following the footsteps of mankind.

From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Dechmann, Louis