Coronavirus
fromwww.theguardian.com
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Pandemics are becoming more common, and global preparedness is critical for future health threats.
These discoveries may not just save our own lives, but the lives of people we love. Nearly every innovation that defines our era, every breakthrough from my field and from those of my colleagues, traces back to basic science research.
I was one of the many ministers, many officials, many scientists who were part of a groupthink where we overprepared for pandemic flu, we didn't think about other types of pandemic...