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"They say" the next big pandemic is near: are we prepared?
Ratzan SC . J Health Commun 2013 18 (7) 757-9 Most of us have heard or read about the next epidemic ready to happen—authorities give them code names such as H7N9 or novel coronaviruses. A new acronym, MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), is being whispered. | World Health Organization Secretary General Margaret Chan warned the world in her annual World Health Assembly speech (May 19, 2013), “These two new diseases remind us that the threat from emerging and epidemic-prone diseases is ever-present.” She reminded, “We must maintain a high level of vigilance … [as] the current situation demands collaboration and cooperation from the entire world.” | Yet, we have other recent threats from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the “nightmare” bacteria (Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE), a superbug in hospitals. | We are getting used to these apocalyptic warnings. They are discussed on radio, TV, and through the internet and via new technologies. They continue in conversations in which we communicate that “they say” this new disease could be the next big one—epidemic, pandemic, or just deadly everywhere. Many of these reports reference the doomsday scenario of the 1918 influenza epidemic when 50 million people around the world—mostly young and otherwise healthy—died. |
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