Health
‘Never again’: the race to prevent the next pandemic – Telegraph.co.uk
Another pandemic is inevitable. But there are things that can be done to lessen its impact – and we must start now, experts say
And while many will feel the world needs a break after Covid-19, nature does not work like that. In fact, our modern world means new outbreaks are more, rather than less, likely, thanks to a combination of climate change, urbanisation, global trade and travel.
Professor Andrew Dobson, an evolutionary biologist at Princeton University, estimates there are roughly two new viruses within these families every year, and new pandemic threats emerge at least once every four years.
Usually, luckily,…
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