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by 1970-01-01 1579 days ago
The author seems to be missing some important developments:

     Written by lcamtuf@coredump.cx, Dec 2015, minor updates Jul 2021. 
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     Pandemic. It's been a while since the highly developed world experienced a devastating outbreak, but it may be premature to flat out dismiss the risk. In 1918, an unusual strain of flu managed to kill 75 million people. Few years later, a mysterious sleeping sickness - probably also of viral origin - swept the globe, crippling millions, some for life. We aren't necessarily better prepared for similar events today.