While successive strains of the coronavirus continue to challenge global health, fears of a subsequent epidemic have emerged.
Pak Sahafat News Agency – The world has entered the third year of the deadly “Corona” epidemic and there is still no definite prospect for the end of this epidemic.
However, different countries, considering the sufferings and problems of this epidemic, warned of the next epidemic.
What is the next epidemic?
The Corona epidemic hit the world almost 100 years after the previous deadly epidemic, according to Conversion & Wellcome.
This interval greatly reduced the risk of an epidemic and invested little in the measures and preparations needed to deal with the epidemic.
The severity and extent of the corona epidemic raised concerns about a possible future epidemic and analyzes were made.
According to these studies, the next possible epidemic may come soon and be more deadly than the current and even previous epidemics.
These studies also show that the risks of the next epidemic, which are likely to occur, will be significant.
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Other important points that were obtained as a result of these studies include the following three:
Subsequent epidemics can occur much sooner and more intensely than we think, unlike modeling based on historical data; Therefore, it should be emphasized that Corona will probably not be the only epidemic of the last decade.
Vulnerable countries are more prone to epidemics than other countries.
The probability of a subsequent epidemic is high when we consider that Corona showed that common diseases between animals and humans could pose a major threat to global health.
More than 70% of emerging and re-emerging pathogens are caused by animals; This was also the case with Corona, which a wide range of scientists consider to be the origin of bats, or Sars, which was declared the origin of camels.
In discussing how to prevent or deal with epidemics in the least costly way, we must keep in mind that our way of life in the 21st century increases the risk of epidemics.
Climate change and international travel are causing diseases to spread around the world faster than ever before.
Given that global problems require global solutions, we turn to the most important strategies to deal with and prevent the next possible epidemic:
– Identify specific places with a high probability of transmitting the virus from animal to human
– Recognition of dangerous human behaviors such as deforestation, fossil fuel combustion, wars and conflicts,…
– Cooperation and coordination to prepare for a possible epidemic
– Eliminate deep financial gaps in the field of health
Although there is a great deal of ignorance about viruses causing the next epidemic, the establishment of genomic monitoring networks ensures that potential hazards are identified before they become a global problem.