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Letters Preparing for the next pandemic

Lessons from the pandemic: taking a covid-like approach to other diseases

BMJ 2021; 374 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1644 (Published 01 July 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;374:n1644
  1. Dipshikha Chakravortty, professor and Astra chair1,
  2. K S Nandakumar, practising medical scientist2
  1. 1Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
  2. 2E-11, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
  1. dipa{at}iisc.ac.in

Preparing for the next pandemic is a global public health concern, which is well voiced by Wenham and colleagues.1 But a pertinent question might be: why do we care more about pandemics than other disease epidemics that kill millions of people worldwide every year? Should we take a covid-like approach to the research of other diseases? …

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