What is Disease X and how will pandemic preparations help the world?
WHO Director-General Tedros joined world leaders at the Davos summit to discuss strategies for the next potential pandemic.
By Areesha Lodhi
ublished On 18 Jan
As the winter season brings back a surge in respiratory illness and pandemic-era practices such as mask mandates, global health experts are thinking ahead about how to prepare for the next big outbreak.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a panel of health industry leaders discussed the importance of preplanning for the outbreak of a hypothetical “Disease X”.
News of the panel sparked conspiracy from right-wing accounts on social media that world leaders are launching the next pandemic or moving to once again “restrict” free speech and reinstate mask mandates. The WHO has said thatsuch preparation is meant to reduce COVID-19-era devastations such as the insufficient capacity of medical systems or the trillions of dollars that were lost in the economy.
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