aurochal

It seems like the creators of zombie-based media like World War Z and The Last of Us are taking an increasing interest in portraying the zombie phenotype in a way that is scientifically accurate. How do you feel about the commercial interest in this research? Does it help you and your colleagues reach a wider audience, or do you think it trivializes what you do by painting an oversimplified picture?

You mention open access research methods, and I notice your most recent paper is in PLoS ONE, an open access journal. Where do you think open access journals like PLoS or BMC fit in to the realm of publications along with traditional pay-wall journals? Should all research (particularly federally funded research) be open access, or are these journals more of a niche than evidence of a paradigm shift?

David Hughes, the professor at Penn State who works on this system, actually did consulting for that game. Check out the video here.

Thanks so much for what you and the rest of MSF do!

I hear a lot of laypeople, when the topics of global health and organizations like MSF, Gates, and WHO come up, make comments along the lines of "isn't that their problem (meaning the people in these non-American countries)? Why does this concern me?" Do you ever experience this, and how do you deal with it?

Any thoughts on what we can do to better promote the importance of public health to people who don't concern themselves with this stuff on a daily basis?