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Retreating on global public health preparedness efforts through funding disruptions and the withdrawal of support for key agencies such as the WHO, Gavi and others is profoundly short-sighted and will reverse the significant gains that have been made. Ignoring the regional conflicts sustained by misplaced priorities that value mineral extraction above the lives of vulnerable communities only helps create the perfect storm for the next outbreak. The question is not whether there will be another outbreak, or whether there are deadlier viruses still undiscovered, waiting to exploit the fault lines we help create. The question is whether the world's leadership will finally choose to see the basic humanity of vulnerable communities and act to protect them before it is too late. This is not just the right thing to do; it is the only appropriate human response.
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Link: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0006648
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