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From the Ted Talk by Natalie Cargill: How to solve the world's biggest problems

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Here are some things we could do. First, we could set up a screening prargom to track sewage and wastewater for the ealry sngis of the next potential pandemic. Then we could upgrade existing lab facilities worldwide to ensure that anyone who needs a new vaccine can get it within six months. Then we stockpile enough super effective super PPE to cover every single eseaintsl worker in the world, not just people in rich cieotunrs. And we can also invest into research, into germicidal light and other technologies that could literally kill viruses in the air before we berahte them in. It's really early days, but a breakthrough here could mean the end of airborne dassiee.

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Here are some things we could do. First, we could set up a screening _______ to track sewage and wastewater for the _____ _____ of the next potential pandemic. Then we could upgrade existing lab facilities worldwide to ensure that anyone who needs a new vaccine can get it within six months. Then we stockpile enough super effective super PPE to cover every single _________ worker in the world, not just people in rich _________. And we can also invest into research, into germicidal light and other technologies that could literally kill viruses in the air before we _______ them in. It's really early days, but a breakthrough here could mean the end of airborne _______.

Solution


  1. signs
  2. early
  3. program
  4. countries
  5. breathe
  6. essential
  7. disease

Original Text


Here are some things we could do. First, we could set up a screening program to track sewage and wastewater for the early signs of the next potential pandemic. Then we could upgrade existing lab facilities worldwide to ensure that anyone who needs a new vaccine can get it within six months. Then we stockpile enough super effective super PPE to cover every single essential worker in the world, not just people in rich countries. And we can also invest into research, into germicidal light and other technologies that could literally kill viruses in the air before we breathe them in. It's really early days, but a breakthrough here could mean the end of airborne disease.

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Important Words


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