This September I gave the opening talk at this year’s TEDMED conference, which was held simultaneously in Washington, DC and San Francisco, CA. It was an intense and exciting experience. (One highlight for me was meeting the comedian Tig Notaro–we shared a table at a book signing.) The talk previewed ideas in my new book, Cholera’s Child: Tracking the Next Pandemic.
Some tweeted highlights below.
.@soniashah with a fascinating explanation of how our suburban sprawl drove the increase in Lyme Disease. #TEDMED pic.twitter.com/JZFaifuyiy
— TEDMED (@TEDMED) September 10, 2014
Spread of diseases often sensationalized as foreign invasion, calling it micro xenophobia @soniashah #TEDMED pic.twitter.com/YMejBSu61Z — sanjaykhurana (@sanjaykhurana) September 10, 2014
“If you want to stop diseases from spreading: Restore. Repopulate. Rebuild. Rethink. “ –@SoniaShah – http://t.co/SzY4oISqk9 #hcsm
— Shwen Gwee (@shwen) September 10, 2014
OMG. @soniashah tells how in 1810 NYC drinking water came from sewers. Why it changed? Beer brewers wanted better tasting H2O #tedmed — P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) September 10, 2014
WOW We are our own infectious enemy! Changing the US environment has lead to the spread of west nile, dengue & lyme @soniashah #TEDMED2014
— Brian A. Levine (@DrBrianLevine) September 10, 2014
@soniashah : We are not being “invaded” by new viruses. We have changed our environments, key to emergence/outbreaks. #tedmed — Marjorie Stiegler,MD (@DrMStiegler) September 10, 2014
American robins & crows turn out 2b excellent carriers of West Nile. More robins = more virus = more likely an outbreak. @soniashah @TedMed
— Chad Priest (@ChadSPriest) September 10, 2014
OMG. @soniashah tells how in 1810 NYC drinking water came from sewers. Why it changed? Beer brewers wanted better tasting H2O #tedmed — P. F. Anderson (@pfanderson) September 10, 2014
Restore. Repopulate. Rebuild. Rethink. All ways to reimagine our paradigms about health. - @soniashah #TEDMED #SF
— TEDMED (@TEDMED) September 11, 2014
@soniashah Traces dengue, West Nile, cholera outbreaks. How do diseases emerge and spread? Fascinating talk on paradigms at @TEDMED
— Sow Asia (@sowasia) September 11, 2014
Thanks tweeps!