Preparing for the Next Pandemic

From TIME Magazine: "Don’t Put COVID-19 in the Rearview Mirror. Now We Need to Prepare for the Next Pandemic"

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says, "It’s predictable that at this point in time leaders may want to focus on anything but pandemics. It’s been more than three years since COVID-19 started, people have grown weary from its toll, and most lockdowns and other restrictions have been lifted. But moving on would be a terrible mistake. Failure to prepare now for the next pandemic puts the whole world at risk of more deaths and economic losses. Now is when the investments of time and money needed to minimise those risks are modest."

Preparing for the next pandemic will be hard to do, since so many Americans still believe that this one was a hoax and that 'COVID is over."  There needs to be a much better job when it comes to messaging and getting these people to listen.