I think you will see this news report interesting, it is about how the world are so lenient against pandemics depending more on cure instead of prevention, when governments should have focused more on prevention and spending less than focusing only on cure. To get the whole point, reading the news directly using the link is better.
BBC News - Cheaper to prevent pandemics than 'cure' them
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-54721687The world needs a new approach to prevent future pandemics killing millions more victims, a report says. It says contact between people, wildlife and livestock must be curbed to cut the risk of bacteria and viruses crossing from animals to humans. Health care should be provided for people living close to animals in high-risk areas. This would help stop outbreaks of disease before they have a chance to spread more widely. It would be hundreds of times cheaper to prevent outbreaks than to suffer the grim consequences, the authors maintain.
The authors say the risk of pandemics is increasing rapidly, with more than five new diseases emerging every year. The report warns that 70% of new diseases like ebola and zika, and almost all known pathogens with pandemic potential, such as influenza, HIV, and the novel coronavirus, have their origins in animals. The report says mammals and birds are estimated to harbour more than a million undiscovered viruses.
The document says: “Pandemics are becoming more frequent. Without preventive strategies, they will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, kill more people, and affect the global economy with more devastating impact.” It criticises current strategies which rely on responding to diseases with new vaccines after they’ve emerged. The authors say: “Covid-19 demonstrates this is a slow and uncertain path, as the human costs are mounting in lives lost, sickness endured, economic collapse, and lost livelihoods.” The recommendation to lower the consumption of farmed and wild meat – especially from emerging disease hotspots - may face resistance from nations such as Brazil.
Lee Hannah, from the green group Conservation International, told BBC News: "The challenge isn't what to do, we know what to do - reduce deforestation and re-establish healthy relationships between people and forests. "The question is whether there is the political will to invest $10bn or more each year globally, and then sustain that investment to avoid trillions of dollars in damages and untold tolls in loss of life and disruption."
The report says governments must work together to avoid future pandemics, and must swiftly contain outbreaks.
Please, are the governments ready enough to prevent upcoming pandemics? I do not think so, governments only belive more in pharmaceutical industries to produce them cure, when they know prevention is better than cure.
