Epidemiologist Warns We Are Unprepared for the Next Catastrophic Pandemic
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A leading epidemiologist warns that current US pandemic response capacity has been severely diminished, and emphasizes the need for better preparedness, rapid vaccine development, and effective communication to mitigate the impact of future pandemics, which could be even more deadly than COVID-19.
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- 'We have basically destroyed what capacity we had to respond to a pandemic,' says leading epidemiologist Michael Osterholm Live Science
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- In the wake of COVID, Osterholm takes on 'The Big One' in new book CIDRAP
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