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epidemic 伝染病の大流行;

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In 2015, Bill Gates gave a TED talk just after the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. He was talking about the danger of new diseases. He said that viruses are probably more dangerous than war. We have special forces to fight wars, but we are not prepared for an epidemic. The world needs a large group of doctors and other medical professionals to stop epidemics. If a new virus spreads through the air like influenza, it can kill millions of people. Now we have Covid-19 which has spread all over the world and killed more than 280,000 people. He was right. We weren’t ready. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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One supermarket in Washington, D.C. wants to help people who are afraid of the coronavirus. It sends food to customers by robot. The robot looks like a box on wheels. It drives along the sidewalk until it comes to the house, and the customer can open it with a password that is sent from the store. In Singapore, the government is using a different kind of robot. It looks like a dog, and it walks around parks telling people not to gather together. In Japan, some restaurants have started using robots with shelves to serve food. Robots certainly are useful during this health emergency. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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