2024-02-19 19:05:00
The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesuswarned that “The next pandemic is a question of when, not if”. In addition, he indicated that it can be caused by a flu virus, a new coronavirus or a still unknown disease, which is called “Disease“.
Tedros’ statements took place within the framework of the World Government Summit, an annual event being held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In this meeting, the director of the international organization reiterated that, despite the “progress” of the Covid-19 stage, the world “is not prepared for a pandemic”.
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“The cycle of panic and neglect is beginning to repeat itself. The painful lessons we have learned risk being forgotten when attention turns to the many other crises facing our world. But if we don’t learn those lessons, next time we will pay dearly,” he remarked.
He added: “History teaches us that the next pandemic is a question of when, not if. It can be caused by an influenza virus, a new coronavirus or a new pathogen that we don’t even know about yet: what we call ‘Disease
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director of the WHO, considered that “we will pay dearly” if the world does not learn from the experience of Covid-19.
The director of the WHO specified that, Lately, a lot of attention has been paid to ‘Disease, but that “is not something new.” This term was first used in 2018 as a placeholder for a disease that is not even known yet, but for which it is nevertheless possible to prepare.
“Covid-19 was a ‘Disease there will be another ‘Disease X’, or a ‘Disease Y’, or a ‘Disease Z’. And, as things stand, the world remains unprepared for the next ‘Disease the same problems they faced with Covid-19.
International agreement on pandemic preparedness and response
In December 2021, WHO Member States met in Geneva and agreed to develop an international agreement on pandemic preparedness and response, a legally binding pact to work together to keep each other safe and protect others.
Countries set a deadline to complete the agreement in time for its adoption at the World Health Assembly in May this year. That is to say, only 15 weeks left until the deadline.
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However, according to Tedros, currently There are “two major obstacles” to meeting that deadline. The first is a group of issues on which countries have not yet reached consensus.
The second obstacle is “the litany of lies and conspiracy theories about the deal: that it is a power grab by the WHO; that it will cede sovereignty to the WHO; that will give the WHO power to impose lockdowns or vaccination mandates on countries; that it is an attack on freedom; that the WHO will not allow people to travel; and that the WHO wants to control people’s lives,” lamented the general director of the health organization.
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For Tedros, These “lies” endanger the health of the world’s population. “These statements are totally, completely and categorically false. The agreement on pandemics will not give the WHO any power over any State or over any individual,” he stated.
“We cannot allow this historic agreement, this milestone in global health, to be sabotaged by those who spread lies, deliberately or unknowingly,” Tedros stressed. In this regard, he recalled that The WHO did not impose anything on anyone during the Covid-19 pandemic. “No lockdowns, no mask mandates, no vaccine mandates. We don’t have the power to do it, we don’t want it, and we’re not trying to get it,” she insisted.
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Therefore, he stressed that the work of the organization is “support governments with evidence-based guidance, advice and, where necessary, supplies, to help them protect their populations”.
Far from ceding sovereignty, the agreement affirms national sovereignty and national responsibility in its fundamental principles. In fact, The pact is “in itself an exercise of sovereignty”. These are the commitments that countries make to protect themselves and others from pandemics.
What is disease
Earlier this year, the WHO issued a serious warning about an unknown “Disease X” that could cause 20 times more deaths than the Covid-19 pandemic. However, they clarified that it is not a new disease, but rather they have been using this term since 2018 to hypothetically refer to a still unknown pathogen that could cause an “international epidemic” in the future.
“Disease a hypothetical pathogen that could cause 20 times more deaths than the pandemic“, indicated the organization.
The WHO warned that disease X could cause “20 times more deaths” than the Covid-19 pandemic.
However, They ruled out that it is a new epidemicbut rather the term is used as a metaphor to raise awareness about the need to address coordinated public health programs to reduce the risk of epidemics becoming pandemics.
“The hypothetical ‘Disease ‘priority diseases for research and development in emergency contexts’ of the WHO and the organization stressed that this is a hypothesis and that the disease ‘does not exist'”, points out Neutral.
Speaking at the Davos Economic Forum last January, The WHO also listed eight public health priorities that will have to be addressed in the coming years.: Covid-19, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus disease and Marburg virus disease, Lassa fever, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV) and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Nipah and henipaviral diseases, Rift Valley fever and Zika.
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