Preparing for future pandemics
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock gave the virtual opening speech for the Pandemic Preparedness Partnership Conference.
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Thank you Sir Patrick – and good morning everyone.
I think this is an incredibly important meeting and an incredibly important process and I’m very grateful to everyone for their time.
It was Melinda Gates – who will close this conference tomorrow – who once said:
Goals are only wishes, unless you have a plan.
And so at the UN last September, the Prime Minister set out a plan: the Five Point Plan to Prevent Future Pandemics.
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Why Global Citizens Should Care
As we mark the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a pandemic, it is clear that equitable access to the tools needed to bring an end to this public health crisis is more important than ever before. Take action to help end the pandemic here.
In the year since the World Health Organization (WHO) first declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the world has joined together to initiate a colossal, global response to COVID-19 in the effort to lessen its impact on vulnerable populations.
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COVID-19 and Climate Change
Right now, though Texas is not in lockdown, the Pandemic rages on. On the advice of my doctor, I am minimizing my local automobile travel. And I strongly suspect that I am not alone. Though the climate has benefitted greatly from the reduction in carbon emissions, climate change has not gone away. Based on an article from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, I will look at the relationship between the virus and the climate.
Climate and the Transmission of the Virus There are many reasons to take action to improve our health and reduce risks for infectious disease emergence and spread; addressing climate change is one of them. Something I never thought about that the article addresses is that in response to the warming climate, animals of all sizes are moving towards the poles for comfort. As they migrate, they are encountering other animals they would not normally meet. Those chance meetings create opportunities for pathogens to jump to new