Technology and medical innovation have created a false security that may result in a global epidemic that would be out of our reach to control. Something as tiny yet complex as a germ could bring about an infectious disease that could sweep across from continent to continent. A pandemic of the Black Plague killed 40 million people in Europe in the 14th century and outbreaks in China, Brazil, India and Peru most recently have stirred up concern from epidemiologists. A rising population and increase in international travel bring us steps closer to disaster. We continue to build resistance to antibiotics and come closer to animal pathogens through our agricultural development. The worst case scenario would be an infectious disease that would spread so fast and have a makeup so strong that there would be no cure in time! We continue to challenge our delicate ecological balance and play with the butterfly effect. Even diseases like the swine flu could change strains and become a superflu that will wipe us all away to the high heavens.
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