May 18, 2024 18:00:00Experts warn that the next pandemic is likely to be influenzaEven before the COVID-19 outbreak, businessman Bill Gatespredicted that a highly infectious virus would kill more people than any world war. But this warning was not heeded, with millions of people around the world still dead from COVID-19, and the pandemic has not yet subsided. According to 21% of experts surveyed, the next pandemic threat after influenza will be 'Disease X,' an infectious disease caused by a scientifically unknown virus. Some experts predict that the next pandemic will be caused by a pathogen that suddenly emerged, like the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that emerged in 2019. On the other hand, even though the COVID-19 pandemic has not yet been contained, it is true that lessons such as the importance of quarantine measures and vaccines are starting to fade.

Source: The Guardian May 18, 2024 09:23 UTC