# Will there be another pandemic in your lifetime?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: TED-Ed
- Year: 2022
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/ted_ed_will_there_be_another_pandemic_in_your_lifetime)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

We tend to think of pandemics as unlikely events, but disease outbreaks are surprisingly common. Over the past 400 years, the longest stretch of time without a documented outbreak was just four years. So, what's the probability of experiencing another world-changing pandemic in your lifetime? Explore the likelihood of a future pandemic and the steps we can take to reduce its destructiveness. \[Directed by Igor Coric, Artrake Studio, narrated by George Zaidan, music by Nikola Radivojevic\].

## Lectures

1. [Will there be another pandemic in your lifetime?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/ted_ed_will_there_be_another_pandemic_in_your_lifetime/c19c639d0d84), 6 min (TED's player)