According to news on January 25, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recently issued a warning about "Disease X" when attending the World Economic Forum held in Davos on January 17:An "unknown" pathological phenomenon could lead to "a mortality rate 20 times higher than the new coronavirus pandemic".
According to Spanish media reports, in recent years, the World Health Organization has been studying the possibility of an unknown disease causing a serious pandemic, with the purpose of preparing the medical and health emergency system for any disease outbreak.
The so-called "DiseaseSo it's not a specific disease, but a possibility.
This is not alarmist. As early as 2018, Bill Gates warned that a deadly disease is coming and may kill 30 million people during its spread.
He said, "There is one area in which the world has not made much progress, and that is preventing global epidemics. Some people or groups can create weaponized diseases that spread like wildfire around the world, or even create more deadly smallpox in laboratories."
In 2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Bill Gates spoke out again:The next pandemic could be a natural outbreak, or it could be spread intentionally by biohazardous individuals.
He believes that with the rapid growth of population, humans are invading more and more ecosystems, and the possibility of a natural pandemic in the next 20 years is as high as 50%. As for the type of virus, it cannot be ruled out that it will be a known one, such as influenza or other coronaviruses.