🚨 My latest (my darkest?) feature! ➡️Has Covid taught us nothing???
No matter how Covid began, the next potential pandemic is around the corner. But our 'preparedness' plans don't take into account why we haven't controlled this one.
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nature.com/articles/d4158…
No matter how Covid began, the next potential pandemic is around the corner. But our 'preparedness' plans don't take into account why we haven't controlled this one.
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nature.com/articles/d4158…
👍🏽 plans: Better surveillance, data science, better evidence-based guidance, faster development of drugs & vaccines.
But @D_P_Fidler points out: “People are still talking about doing the same things, and not asking, ‘Why did this all break down?’” nature.com/articles/d4158…
But @D_P_Fidler points out: “People are still talking about doing the same things, and not asking, ‘Why did this all break down?’” nature.com/articles/d4158…
I hear about snazzy surveillance projects, but a problem is the word "project".
eg I was at this hospital in Liberia in 2019 & surveillance officers couldn't monitor common ailments because they didn't have funds for sample tubes. (Currently a Marburg outbreak next door...)
eg I was at this hospital in Liberia in 2019 & surveillance officers couldn't monitor common ailments because they didn't have funds for sample tubes. (Currently a Marburg outbreak next door...)
Biden has proposed $500m to modernize the US data system & set up a forecasting center. Cool! But that won't help if sources don't have data, or don't want to share it.
@SuerieMoon has ideas on data-sharing incentives like IDK how about sharing vaccines. nature.com/articles/d4158…
@SuerieMoon has ideas on data-sharing incentives like IDK how about sharing vaccines. nature.com/articles/d4158…
Great new efforts on communication!
But what shall we do about politicization, about misinformation from news & social media, what @BhadeliaMD calls the "pseudo-academization of conspiracy theories," and what @PeterHotez calls the "anti-science empire"?
nature.com/articles/d4158…
But what shall we do about politicization, about misinformation from news & social media, what @BhadeliaMD calls the "pseudo-academization of conspiracy theories," and what @PeterHotez calls the "anti-science empire"?
nature.com/articles/d4158…
And why aren't people talking more about inequality & inequity in their pandemic preparedness plans, says @JenniferNuzzo?
Ya, it's hard in our capitalistic system. But also, it clearly fuels this pandemic. nature.com/immersive/d415…
Ya, it's hard in our capitalistic system. But also, it clearly fuels this pandemic. nature.com/immersive/d415…
Vaccines in 100 days is cool! But it's been ~300 days after vaccines were proven and billions of people have 0 access.
@pritikrishtel points out that a #VaccineEquity solution now can provide a model for the next one. PS we've been thru this with HIV.
nature.com/articles/d4158…
@pritikrishtel points out that a #VaccineEquity solution now can provide a model for the next one. PS we've been thru this with HIV.
nature.com/articles/d4158…
Let's identify what's going wrong. Another pandemic (or Covid22) is nigh.
"We are in a very different, more difficult & more dangerous international system now” @D_P_Fidler says. "Global health has to operate in this, rather than pretend it doesn’t exist” nature.com/articles/d4158…
"We are in a very different, more difficult & more dangerous international system now” @D_P_Fidler says. "Global health has to operate in this, rather than pretend it doesn’t exist” nature.com/articles/d4158…
PS For people saying that we can prevent the next pandemic by understanding COVID's origins...many researchers disagree with you. Spillovers happen all the time.
I'm all for more lab safety & less deforestation & less animal trade but it will not suffice. nature.com/articles/d4158…
I'm all for more lab safety & less deforestation & less animal trade but it will not suffice. nature.com/articles/d4158…
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