So we hope you enjoy George’s take on the future. Why not put it in a safe place somewhere and take it out in 20 years? — John F. Kennedy Jr. In the section, “Disease: Killer Cooties by Arno Karlen, predictions for 2020: Some people have built careers hawking the worst-case scenario: an overpopulated planet…
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Prediction
Sylvia Browne predicts a pneumonia-like illness for 2020
Sylvia Browne in 2004: By 2020 we’ll see more people than ever wearing surgical masks and rubber gloves in public, inspired by an outbreak of a severe pneumonia-like illness that attacks both the lungs and the bronchial tubes and is ruthlessly resistant to treatment. This illness will be particularly baffling in that, after causing a…
Organizations
WHO publishes its checklist for influenza pandemic preparedness planning
Sometime in 2005: The preface includes this text: A few weeks later, the first local outbreaks are reported from other continents. Rates of absenteeism in schools and businesses begin to rise. Phones at health departments ring constantly. The spread of the new virus continues to be the major news item in print and electronic media.…
Conspiracies
Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development
Law, Research, Treatments
Dr. Richard Fleming explains the COVID-19 situation
Dr. Richard Fleming presents ‘Event 2021’, a science-based presentation on the COVID-19 pandemic, from the virus, to vaccines, treatments, and the Public Health response. Virtually everything in this presentation is backed by documentation. If you have time for it, this is probably the best information out there on COVID-19. Perhaps you can view it in…