Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False).
Considering the strategy set up by Nathan Wolfe and his team
to handle the problem of pandemics, it’s correct to say that
they aim to
( ) ignore the next pandemics before it happens.
( ) make the most of the Internet resources so as to better
deal with them.
( ) detect potential lethal viruses at their source.
( ) disregard any information gotten through social media.The correct sequence, from top to bottom, is

Question

Can our technological connectedness
trump the risks of our biological and geographic
connectedness? That’s one reason Nathan Wolfe
has pushed GVF (Globe Viral Forecasting) to pioneer
what he calls digital epidemiology, which uses the
resources of the Internet to make predictive sense of
the viral chatter picked up in the field. He and his
team are setting up a bioinformatics strategy that
could mine data from Internet searches and social
media to pinpoint new outbreaks as they dawn – and
potentially predict which newly discovered viruses
might pose real threats to humanity. That work is
culminating in a project called Epidemic IQ that
will, Wolfe hopes, provide the ability to predict new
pandemics the way the CIA might predict a terrorist
attack.    Current global disease control efforts focus
largely on attempting to stop pandemics after they
have already emerged. This fire brigade approach,
which generally involves drugs, vaccines, and
behavioral change, has severe limitations. Just as
we discovered in the 1960s that it is better to prevent
heart attacks than try to treat them, we realize that
it’s better to stop pandemics before they spread and
that effort should increasingly be focused on viral
forecasting and pandemic prevention.
    “We’re finally beginning to understand why
pandemics happen instead of just reacting to them”,
Wolfe says. What’s needed is a global effort to scale
up that kind of proactive work to ensure that every
hot spot has surveillance running for new pathogens
in animals and in human beings and that it has
its own GVF-type group to do the work. Viruses
don’t respect borders – whether between nations or
between species – and in a world where airlines act
like bloodlines, global health is only as strong as its
weakest link. We got lucky with the relatively weak
swine-flu pandemic in 2009, but history tells us our
luck won’t last. “We sit here dodging bullets left and
right, assuming we have an invisible shield”, says
Wolfe. “But you can’t dodge bullets forever.”WALSH, Bryan.Virus hunter. Disponível em: <content.time.com/time/subscriber/l>. Acesso em: mai. 2018. Adaptado. Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False).
Considering the strategy set up by Nathan Wolfe and his team
to handle the problem of pandemics, it’s correct to say that
they aim to
( ) ignore the next pandemics before it happens.
( ) make the most of the Internet resources so as to better
deal with them.
( ) detect potential lethal viruses at their source.
( ) disregard any information gotten through social media.The correct sequence, from top to bottom, is Alternativa A: F T T F Ou Alternativa B: F T F T Ou Alternativa C: T T F T Ou Alternativa D: T F T F Ou Alternativa E: T F F T

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Alternativa [A] F T T F Tema central: A questão avalia a interpretação de texto em inglês sobre estratégias modernas para prevenir e prever pandemias, com foco no uso da tecnologia digital e análise de dados como ferramentas fundamentais.

Comentário Geral: O texto enfatiza a mudança do foco reativo para o proativo no combate às pandemias. O grupo de Nathan Wolfe propõe usar a Internet e redes sociais para prever surtos, coletando e analisando informações em tempo real, de modo a agir antes que os problemas se espalhem. Assim, a leitura atenta dos verbos-chaves nas alternativas é fundamental. Em questões desse tipo, identificar expressões que reforcem o conceito central (“predict”, “prevent”, “digital epidemiology”) facilita a escolha correta.

Justificativa — Alternativa A) F T T F

(F) “Ignore the next pandemics before it happens.”
Errada: O texto defende a prevenção, não o “ignorar” das pandemias futuras. Ele diz, inclusive, que a abordagem do grupo é prever e evitar surtos.

(T) “Make the most of the Internet resources so as to better deal with them.”
Certa: Destaque para “digital epidemiology” e o uso de Internet/social media para prever novos vírus. O uso dos recursos digitais para aumentar a eficiência no enfrentamento é enfatizado no texto.

(T) “Detect potential lethal viruses at their source.”
Certa: Detectar “at their source” (na origem) é citado diretamente, pois a equipe trabalha monitorando animais e humanos para identificar os vírus assim que eles surgem.

(F) “Disregard any information gotten through social media.”
Errada: O texto faz o oposto: valoriza e utiliza informações de redes sociais e buscas na Internet para identificar sinais precoces de pandemias.

Estratégia de leitura: Atenção a verbos de ação (“ignore”, “make the most of”, “detect”, “disregard”) e à direção da estratégia proposta (prever e agir antes, versus ignorar ou reagir após o problema). Cuidado com pegadinhas como palavras negativas (“ignore”, “disregard”) que fogem da proposta do texto!

Gabarito correto: A) F T T F

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