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Mike Ryan, director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, warned on Monday that humanity is at risk of future pandemics if it suffers from “amnesia” and does not learn from the current coronavirus crisis, Agerpres said, quoted by Reuters.
“We have seen that amnesia seems to come into the world after a traumatic event, and that’s understandable,” Ryan told a news conference in Geneva.
“But if we do it again, like we did after SARS, like we did after H5N1, like we did after the H1N1 pandemic, if we continue to ignore the realities of what new and dangerous pathogens can do to our civilization. “. “Then it is likely that we will experience the same or even worse in our lives,” he raised the alarm.
Ryan also criticized developed states, explaining that they have run healthcare systems “like low-cost airlines” and that humanity is now paying the price.
“In the north, because of the cost model for health systems, we have designed our health systems to be delivered at 95%, 98%, 100% efficiency. It is almost like a low cost airline model to provide health services, “he said.
“Well now we are paying a price for that, by not having that extra capacity in the system, seeing health as a cost center, seeing health as a drain on development, rolling back the economy, and we have to rethink what it means. this, “said the WHO official.
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