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​Episode 1: Biological Warfare - The Deadlier Alternative to Nuclear Warfare

​May 9, 2020
"When you are thinking about things that could cause in excess of 10 million deaths, even something tragic like a nuclear weapons incident wouldn't get to that level. So the greatest risk is from a natural epidemic or an intentionally caused infection bioterrorism events... Whether the next epidemic is unleashed by a quirk of nature or the hand of terrorists, scientists say a fast-moving airborne pathogen could kill more than 30 million people in less than a year. So the world does need to think about this" -- Bill Gates, during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on January 19, 2017.

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