What would you do in a pandemic? A daylong pandemic simulation was held by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in the US to find out how the Government and a nation would respond in a global pandemic.

It killed tens of millions, and it remains the deadliest event ever recorded. Yet 100 years on from the dreaded Spanish flu, we’re still not safe from pandemics – or even on top of seasonal influenza.

“This work, it’s about creating an overture for these people that longer walk alongside us. If you had that chance again, what would you say to someone before they go? ” Read the full Melbourne Critique interview with OVERTURE creator, Jo Lloyd.

How is climate change altering the environment in ways that increases the potential for viruses and infectious disease? The New York Times investigates and this is also the premise of Refuge 2018.