How UT-created computer models can help officials prepare for pandemics.
Health & Wellness - Infectious Disease Epidemiology 
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Pandemic Preparedness
By Aaron Dubrow, Texas Advanced Computing Center
www.tacc.utexas.edu
Published: July 8, 2012
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Amazing! As a state that is composed of multiply diverse communities, such a toolkit has immense potential. I wonder if the researchers accounted for cultural misconceptions/communication errors when dealing with possible public health campaigns to reduce incidence/prevalence? Exploring the social-behavioral and cultural aspects as they relate to infectious disease hold much promise for detecting and zoning in on the mathematical/epidemiological elements of a pandemic. I am interested in learning more about this toolkit!
It's amazing that you can predict the potential for pandemics. It gives the authorities the opportunity to prepare their resources to best handle the emergency.