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Our Unpreparedness for Pandemics is Symptomatic of a Much Deeper Crisis

Let me begin on a personal note. This last week, my 88 year old mother-in-law had to be hospitalized for a novovirus. Before we knew it three other family members and a friend fell ill. My wife was hospitalized yesterday. While not nearly as deadly as the current coronavirus, COVID_19, or influenza, there's no vaccine to prevent novovirus outbreaks like this one. Here's what it looks like: