The next once-a-century pandemic is coming sooner than you think – but COVID-19 can help us get ready

Prof David Murdoch

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Prof David Murdoch

Dean and Head of Campus, University of Otago

Prof David Murdoch

COVID-19 is being referred to as a “once in a century event” – but the next pandemic is likely to hit sooner than you think.

In the next few decades, we will likely see other pandemics. We can predict that with reasonable confidence because of the recent increased frequency of major epidemics (such as SARS and Ebola), and because of social and environmental changes driven by humans that may have contributed to COVID-19’s emergence.

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