you hear a lot about the enormous threats coming from terrorism, global warming and vladimir putin. but one of the biggest threats facing the united states isn't big at all. actually, it's tiny, microscopic, thousands of times smaller than the head of a pin. deadly pathogens, either man-made or natural, could trigger a global health crisis, and the united states is wholly unprepared to deal with it. bill gates recently weighed in on this topic saying, with all the things that kill more than 10 million people in the world, the most likely is an epidemic stemming from either natural causes or bioterrorism. the w.h.o. estimates that a worldwide flu pandemic could result in a global economic loss of $3 trillion which makes president trump's latest budget proposal released last month all the more stunning. he's asking for draconian spending cuts to the very government institutions that are