WHO worried COVID ‘amnesia' will lead to another pandemic
The Philippine Star|December 02, 2020
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization’s top emergency expert said on Monday that the world risked future pandemics if it suffered “amnesia” and did not learn from the current coronavirus crisis.
WHO worried COVID ‘amnesia' will lead to another pandemic

A giant Christmas tree stands at the Galeries Lafayette department store where lights were switched on for the festive season in Paris, France on Monday. REUTERS

“I have seen the amnesia that seems to descend upon the world after a traumatic event, and that’s understandable,” Mike Ryan told a briefing in Geneva.

“But if we do this again like we did after SARS, like we did after H5N1, like we did after H1N1 pandemic, if we continue to ignore the realities of what emerging and dangerous pathogens can do to our civilization, then we are likely to experience the same or worse again within our lifetimes,” he said.

Ryan also took a swipe at developed nations, saying that northern countries had been running healthcare systems “like low-cost airlines” and that the world was paying for that now.

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