The World Health Organization (WHO) announced its position on the possibility that the so-called ‘Disease Its impact is expected to be 20 times more lethal than the coronavirus.
WHO representatives presented the situation at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where they urged world leaders to consider the possibility of an adverse scenario.
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Despite the alert, ‘Disease X’ is hypothetical since they assured that there is a placeholder that represents pathogens, which are not yet capable of causing pandemics.
Experts indicated that the problem with ‘Disease X is not whether it will come or not, but when it will come.
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WHO authorities recognized the international community’s extreme lack of preparedness for major disease outbreaks and initiated the so-called Research and Development Action Plan to Prevent Epidemics, which lists pathogens to be alert for, and in February 2018 the committee added a blank box to his compendium of possible causes of death: ‘Disease
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The purpose of this work was to force authorities to remain flexible in their preparations and not be limited by knowledge of known diseases.
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Hundreds of scientists gathered in 2022 to consider evidence from 25 known microbial families and speculate on the threats a future outbreak might pose.
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