Coronavirus: Chronicle of a Pandemic Foretold (economic, medical, history)

[mike1003]

It is easy enough to dismiss warnings of another 1918-like pandemic: the next pandemic might not arise in our lifetimes, and by the time it does, science may have come up with robust medical countermeasures to contain it at lower human and economic cost. These are reasonable possibilities. But reasonable enough to collectively bet our lives on? History says otherwise.

This mess isn't close to being over, but we need to start preparing for the next time, NOW!