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— 22 May 2023 —

The next pandemic could be ‘as infectious as this one but far more lethal’—and make COVID look like a cakewalk, expert warns

Pandemics

Wachter isn’t the only expert to raise the possibility of an equally transmissible but more lethal pandemic pathogen. COVID’s ability to infect more efficiently has skyrocketed since 2019, soaring from near the bottom of the list of contagious diseases to near the top, where it battles with measles for supremacy.

Erin Prater

Link to full article in Fortune Well by Erin Prater

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