translated from Spanish: WHO and chilling warning: coronavirus will not be “the last pandemic”

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus criticized “the danger of short-term behaviors” and warned that the coronavirus pandemic will not be the last. In addition, it stressed that health progress would be insufficient if there were no changes with regard to global warming and animal welfare. Ghebreyesus said so through a video recorded to commemorate the first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, which will be held today. “History shows us that it will not be the last pandemic and good lessons must be learned from the coronavirus. For a long time, the world acted in the midst of a cycle of panic and denial,” he argued. On this point, the WHO leader added: “We spend money when the crisis erupts, but when the crisis is over, we forget and do nothing to prevent the next one. It’s the danger of short-term behavior.” On the other hand, the first annual Report on Global Health Emergency Preparedness, published in September 2019, warned of humanity’s poor preparedness for large pandemics. That happened a few months before the Covid-19 crisis began.” The pandemic revealed the close links between human, animal and planet health,” Tedros said. And it went further: “All efforts to improve health systems will be insufficient if they are not accompanied by a critique of the relationship between humans and animals, as well as the existential threat posed by climate change, which is making Earth a more difficult place to live.”

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