The Fight Over the Next Pandemic

下一次大流行的斗争

The Daily

2024-06-06

22 分钟
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At the height of the Covid pandemic, nearly 200 countries started negotiating a plan to ensure they would do better when the next pandemic inevitably arrived. Their deadline for that plan was last week. Apoorva Mandavilli, a science and global health reporter for The Times, explains why, so far, the negotiations have failed. Guest: Apoorva Mandavilli, a science and global health reporter for The New York Times.
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  • This is the daily today at the height of the COVID pandemic, nearly 200 countries started negotiating a plan to ensure they did better when the next pandemic inevitably arrives.

  • Their deadline for that plan was last week.

  • My colleague Apoorvo Mondevilli explains why so far, those negotiations have failed.

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