Politicians throughout Europe are gambling on the next pandemic not happening for the next five years and as result are failing to invest in preparedness, warns a doctor in charge of protecting 500 million people in Europe from infectious diseases.
Pamela Rendi-Wagner, director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), told the European Health Forum Gastein on 25 September, “Every politician now in parliament hopes [the next pandemic] will not be within the next five years of his or her period—that’s why they aren’t investing too much in preparedness."
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Source: BMJ, 26 September 2024
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