The WEF will discuss disease X, which can surpass coronavirus by 20 times in mortality rate
At the World Economic Forum (WEF), which will be held in the Swiss city of Davos from 15 to 19 January 2024, it is planned to discuss “disease X”, capable of surpassing the coronavirus pandemic in the number of deaths by 20 times, according to the organisation’s website.
“Given new warnings from the World Health Organisation that an unknown ‘disease X’ could cause 20 times more deaths than a coronavirus pandemic, what new efforts are needed to prepare health systems for the many challenges ahead?” – the meeting announcement reads.
The discussion will take place on 17 January. It will be attended by WHO chief Tedros Adanom Ghebreyesus, the head of Brazil’s health ministry and other health experts.
In 2020, the WHO said that the first “pathogen X” should be recognised with good reason as the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which caused the pandemic COVID-19. At the same time, there is a high probability that others will follow. Among the contributing factors, scientists cite increasing environmental change and the development of biological weapons.
Given the rapidly growing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics, it is possible that the next “disease X” will be a bacterial infection, including those already known.
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