Amid Reports of HMPV Outbreak in China, Doctors Warn of 11 Diseases that Could Trigger Pandemic 2.0 Like Covid

Amid reports of HMPV outbreak in China, doctors warn of 11 diseases that could trigger pandemic 2.0 like Covid

Doctors highlight 11 diseases that may cause significant issues by 2025, including a potential resurgence of Covid-19 and the emergence of an unknown 'Disease X.' Measles, cholera, scabies, and bird flu are also noted for their potential threat due to declining vaccination rates and climate change impacts.

Preparing for Disease X in a Changing World - 3 Quarks Daily

Shelby Bradford in The Scientist: COVID-19 took the world by storm in early 2020, being declared a pandemic in March of that year. While it was the most recent emerging infectious disease, experts anticipate it won’t be the last. Well before COVID-19, scientists have been prepping for emergence of an unforeseen pandemic: a Disease X (also called pathogen X).1 In 2018, WHO first introduced the term Disease X, described as “an unknown pathogen tha…