It was enough to shake up social networks and excite the complosphere.
Since the beginning of the week, these world giants have been meeting during the World Economic Forum in Davos. Many conferences are organized. But one in particular caught the eye.
The title of the roundtable? “Preparing for a ‘Disease X'”. to understand “Be Prepared for Disease X”.
It brought together many distinguished players from the world of health, including the head of the WHO, the Minister of Health of Brazil and the chairman of the board of directors of the AstraZeneca laboratory, this Wednesday, January 17.
“X” represents everything we don’t know
Quickly, posts on Facebook or X were shared relaying and condemning this roundtable, specifically accusing the WHO of creating a global pandemic.
But enough of the plot. As we can read on the United Nations website, “X in the Disease Way of Life”.
Working hypothesis
As we can see, this is a working hypothesis that is able to answer many questions in order, for example, to know how to protect vulnerable populations, to establish a deadline for vaccine production.
From a scientific point of view, the purpose of the exercise is specifically to reconsider the apprehension of new epidemics, “From identifying a new pathogen, to rapid prototyping of a vaccine candidate, to the testing and authorization of that vaccine for those at risk”
The UN explains.
So, away from the concept of new virus production, as some relay.