Wednesday, April 08, 2020

Playing with fire - 1

"Event 201 - a global pandemic exercise" viu a luz do dia em 18 de Outubro de 2019; dá-me a ideia que veio um pouco tarde demais, oxalá esteja enganado...
Já o ponto 6 parece destinado direitinho aos líderes da famigerada (des)União Europeia.

The next severe pandemic will not only cause great illness and loss of life but could also trigger major cascading economic and societal consequences that could contribute greatly to global impact and suffering. Efforts to prevent such consequences or respond to them as they unfold will require unprecedented levels of collaboration between governments, international organizations, and the private sector. There have been important efforts to engage the private sector in epidemic and outbreak preparedness at the national or regional level. However, there are major unmet global vulnerabilities and international system challenges posed by pandemics that will require new robust forms of public-private cooperation to address.
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Accomplishing the above goals will require collaboration among governments, international organizations and global business. If these recommendations are robustly pursued, major progress can be made to diminish the potential impact and consequences of pandemics. We call on leaders in global business, international organizations, and national governments to launch an ambitious effort to work together to build a world better prepared for a severe pandemi

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