Empowering the Pandemic Accord
A torrent of misinformation threatens to undermine efforts to adopt a legally binding Pandemic Accord. The World Health Organization’s member states must rebut the lies and rely on a pragmatic give-and-take approach in the final negotiations to ensure that the world is better prepared for the next infectious-disease emergency.
EDINBURGH – The COVID-19 pandemic taught us several lessons, many of which came at great cost. Chief among them was that, despite years of rehearsals, the world was not prepared for a fast-moving outbreak of a novel infectious disease.