MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : THE VIRUS OF THE GLOBAL WORLD  – The Forever Virus

A Strategy for the Long Fight Against COVID-19
By Larry Brilliant, Lisa Danzig, Karen Oppenheimer, Agastya Mondal, Rick Bright, and W. Ian Lipkin – FOREIGN AFFAIRS  8 June 2021
Global herd immunity is unreachable. A dangerous new variant “could bring the world back to square one.” In other words, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from finished. “Rather than die out, the virus will likely ping-pong back and forth across the globe for years to come.”

The world needs a new strategy to contain outbreaks, one that blends better surveillance with the smarter use of vaccines, argue Larry Brilliant, Lisa Danzig, Karen Oppenheimer, Agastya Mondal, Rick Bright, and W. Ian Lipkin in a new essay. “The virus is here to stay. The question is, What do we need to do to ensure that we are, too?”

Read more Foreign Affairs coverage of the global fight against COVID-19:

 

“To End the Pandemic, Rich Countries Must Pay to Vaccinate Poor Ones” by Rajiv J. Shah
“Finding a Vaccine Is Only the First Step” by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
“America Needs a Global Health Policy for the Pandemic Age” by Ashish Jha
“How to Forecast Outbreaks and Pandemics” by Caitlin Rivers and Dylan George
“A Grand Strategy of Resilience” by Ganesh Sitaraman

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