Thread by @FLAHAULT

1/7 - “As the world grapples with the reality of living with #COVID19, a rogue's gallery of deadly pathogens seems to have stepped up the attack.”
via @ejustin46
newsweek.com/2022/09/09/how…

2/7 - “#Monkeypox, a close relation of smallpox, is officially a public health emergency worldwide. The current outbreak—the first large one ever outside of Africa—has spread globally to more than 45,000 people, including more than 16,000 confirmed cases in the US.”

3/7 - “And #polio, a disease routinely referred to as "eradicated," is circulating in and around New York City and London, bringing with it the irreversible paralysis that strikes about one of 200 people infected with the disease.”

4/7 - “These two headline-grabbing afflictions are only the most visible elements in a spate of new outbreaks. The world seems to be entering a new, deadly era of health threats from infectious diseases—old ones we thought we'd wiped out, and new ones on the rise.”

5/7 - “It feels like #COVID19 has opened up a Pandora's box of infectious disease surprises," says Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. "What's next?"

6/7 - “In recent years, commercial development has brought more people into contact with new diseases. Climate change has helped diseases spread to new animal and human populations. Airplane travel means an outbreak in one part of the world can quickly spread to another.”

7/7 - “Whatever the cause, now would be a particularly bad time for a new pathogenic threat. Ironically, the world may be less prepared than before the pandemic. The stunning failures of global and national public health systems in the face of #COVID19 have yet to be fixed.”