‘Disease X’: The next major epidemic could kill nearly 50 million people

According to global health experts, the next pandemic could be 20 times more deadly than Covid-19 and on a scale comparable to the Spanish flu. The Mirror writes about this.

Health experts fear that as people have easily overcome the COVID-19 virus, the next major pandemic is “on the way” and could kill 50 million people.

Experts warn that “Disease X,” as the World Health Organization calls it, is more likely than not possible and could hit the world at any time. It could come from a million yet-to-be-discovered viruses and be 20 times more deadly than Covid-19, which has killed 2.5 million people in the UK alone.

According to experts, the scale of the next epidemic could be comparable to the Spanish flu; Therefore, it will be necessary to create rapid-response vaccines to combat this disease, according to WHO.

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Kate Bingham, 57, who chaired the UK Vaccine Working Group from May to December last year, said she should not become complacent just because Covid-19 is now “hugely recognized as a widespread disease”.

“I will say this: the flu pandemic of 1918-19 killed at least 50 million people worldwide, twice as many as died in the First World War. We can expect a similar number of victims from one of the many viruses that already exist. The doctor said today that “every other virus on our planet There are more actively reproducing and mutating viruses than all life forms combined. “Of course, not all of these pose a threat to humans, but many certainly do,” he warns.

According to him, scientists currently know of 25 virus families, each containing up to a thousand individual viruses that can develop into pandemics. In addition, according to experts, there are about a million more unknown viruses that can pass from one species to another and destroy millions of people.

Explaining the rise in pandemics, Kate says it’s not just “a random streak of bad luck”. He cites three key factors as the reason for this: globalisation, urban overpopulation and deforestation, which create “ideal conditions” for viruses to move from one species to another.

“We must take the first steps now to fight the next pandemic, and that means spending money. But there is little evidence that we are willing to spend amounts of money comparable to what we spend to protect against real viruses, that is, “viruses that can kill.” The monetary cost of inaction is huge. After all, “Even Covid-19, a milder virus than Disease X, has left us with a bill of $16 trillion in both lost production and healthcare costs.”

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