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Public Health
Nature Outlook: Pandemic Preparedness
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an extraordinary toll. The world’s response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus is not perfect. If society is to avoid a similar or worse disease outbreak in the future, countries must ensure that they are better prepared to deal with pandemics than they were for COVID-19...