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A Dearth of Numbers: The Actuary and the Sentinel in Global Public Health

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Abstract

How do experts respond to a threat whose probability cannot be calculated but whose consequences could be catastrophic? Andrew Lakoff explores the political dynamics of sentinel devices in the case of the 2009 swine flu pandemic.

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