TY - JOUR
T1 - Before The Pandemic Ends: Making Sure This Never Happens Again
AU - Brooks, Daniel R.
AU - Hoberg, Eric P.
AU - Boeger, Walter A.
AU - Gardner, Scott L.
AU - Araujo, Sabrina B.L.
AU - Bajer, Katalin
AU - Botero-Cañola, Sebastian
AU - Byrd, Brian
AU - Foldvari, Gabor
AU - Cook, Joseph A.
AU - Dunnum, Jonathan
AU - Durashinhan, Altangerel Tsogtsaikhan
AU - Garamszegi, Laszlo Zsolt
AU - Herczeg, David
AU - Juarrero, Alicia
AU - Jakab, Ferenc
AU - Kemenesi, Gabor
AU - Kurucz, Kornelia
AU - Leon-Regagnon, Virginia
AU - Mejia-Madrid, Hugo H.
AU - Molnar, Orsolya
AU - Nisbett, Richard A.
AU - Preiser, Wolfgang
AU - Stuart, Michael
AU - Szathmary, Eors
AU - Trivellone, Valeria
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - On 30 January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Global Health Emergency of international concern attendant to the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2, nearly two months after the first reported emergence of human cases in Wuhan, China. In the subsequent two months, global, national and local health personnel and infrastructures have been overwhelmed, leading to suffering and death for infected people, and the threat of socio-economic instability and potential collapse for humanity as a whole. This shows that our current and traditional mode of coping, anchored in responses after the fact, is not capable of dealing with the crisis of emerging infectious disease. Given all of our technological expertise, why is there an emerging disease crisis, and why are we losing the battle to contain and diminish emerging diseases?
AB - On 30 January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Global Health Emergency of international concern attendant to the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2, nearly two months after the first reported emergence of human cases in Wuhan, China. In the subsequent two months, global, national and local health personnel and infrastructures have been overwhelmed, leading to suffering and death for infected people, and the threat of socio-economic instability and potential collapse for humanity as a whole. This shows that our current and traditional mode of coping, anchored in responses after the fact, is not capable of dealing with the crisis of emerging infectious disease. Given all of our technological expertise, why is there an emerging disease crisis, and why are we losing the battle to contain and diminish emerging diseases?
KW - INHS
U2 - 10.46473/WCSAJ27240606/15-05-2020-0002//full/html
DO - 10.46473/WCSAJ27240606/15-05-2020-0002//full/html
M3 - Article
VL - 1
SP - 7
EP - 15
JO - World Complexity Science Academy Journal
JF - World Complexity Science Academy Journal
IS - 1
ER -