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Covid-19 Is a Wake-Up Call

As Robert Roy Britt reports in Elemental, experts are worried about future pandemics that could be even deadlier. The current pandemic should serve as evidence that the world needs to be more prepared for viral threats.

“This pandemic has been very severe, has spread around the world extremely quickly, it has affected every corner of this planet. But this is not necessarily the big one,” says Mike Ryan, MD, an expert on emerging epidemics and executive director of the Emergencies Program at the World Health Organization (WHO). Read the full story below.

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