Make pandemics lose their power
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Abstract
COVID-19 has had the power to do what few other international shocks could
have done. It has sickened millions around the world in a matter of months,
killed hundreds of thousands, and created a global economic crisis unprecedented
in modern times. People around the world have been directed to stay at home for
months to avoid catching the disease or contributing to its rapid spread. Massive
job losses and economic ruin have occurred globally. Most schools around the
world closed for a prolonged period, or they are still out. At least one national
leader appears to have died from COVID-19,1
and other national leaders who are
either older or have certain underlying medical conditions run the risk of having
a severe outcome should they become ill. Travel around the world has diminished
to a fraction of what it was. While the disease has unified some countries in their
collective effort to pursue a vaccine and to assist lower-income countries, it has
deepened international fissures between others. It has underscored the importance and limits of international organizations in this kind of crisis. In the big
picture, COVID-19 has shown the extraordinary power of pandemics to do harm.
Pandemics are in a small category of events that have destructive power on a
global scale, posing risks that have been called global catastrophic risks.
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