Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:12am on 26 Sep 2023,Tuesday Health & Wellness
A UK health expert has warned that Disease X, a mysterious hypothetical pathogen identified by WHO, could potentially cause a more devastating pandemic than COVID-19. Kate Bingham cautioned Disease X could spark a crisis on the scale of the 1918 Spanish Flu that killed 50 million. She stressed the urgent need to prepare for rapid mass vaccination drives if the unknown Disease X emerges. With COVID-19 mortality lower than viruses like Ebola, Bingham warned against complacency as factors like deforestation enable animal viruses to infect humans. Her warning highlights the looming threat of Disease X potentially unleashing an even more calamitous pandemic.
