Patrick Vallance recalls Boris Johnson’s G7 Zoom gaffe: ‘the other leaders found it amusing’
IndependentDEC 2023
Former UK Scientific Advisor: Another Pandemic 'Absolutely Inevitable'
Above: Former Chief Scientific Advisor Patrick Vallance leaves following his appearance at the Covid Inquiry on November 20, 2023 in London, England. Image credit: Leon Neal/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
The next pandemic is merely a question of when — rather than if — and the world must be ready because human timetables will be worthless. That's why a global pandemic treaty has to be in place as soon as possible to improve preparedness and response to such an event and ensure a safer future for humankind.
Establishment-critical narrative
Even before the once-in-a-generation coronavirus pandemic ended, the media and WHO were looking for a new worldwide health emergency, so warnings about the next pandemic are nothing but new. Adopting a treaty would effectively create a large pandemic industry and allow personal freedoms to be restricted again.
Metaculus Prediction
There's a 5% chance that at least 10 countries will ratify a new international treaty on pandemic prevention and preparedness before 2025, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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