Global Biodefense February 7, 2020
According to a top biosecurity expert in the US over the past decade and a half, since the SARS outbreak in the early 2000s, it’s clear that China has built stronger public health capacity. What this outbreak is making clear is that there is no country, including the United States, that is fully prepared for a high consequence outbreak. This outbreak is obviously a bad situation and we don’t know which direction it is going to go yet. But we do know that we don’t have the capability to detect, isolate, and ultimately stop a fast-spreading pandemic influenza, like the 1918 flu that killed at least 50 million people, from spreading. This is yet another wake-up call for the world that we’re not where we need to be…read more. Related article