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2024-01-15 02:27:23 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E65D5CD3F915A8FDDBC60B4073089BA49DFBAC65134B18907ABFF773C709E968
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Disease X" is a label given to a yet-unknown disease, named as such to promote proper preparation in the event that a serious deadly disease outbreak happens in the future. They are not planning pandemics, they are preparing in case we were to see another one. https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2023/09/27/what-is-disease-x-how-scientists-are-preparing-for-the-next-pandemic/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8367867/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200301083134/http://origin.who.int/blueprint/priority-diseases/en/ https://www.who.int/activities/prioritizing-diseases-for-research-and-development-in-emergency-contexts https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/preparing-for-a-disease-x/
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