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Coronavirus: We need to start preparing for the next viral outbreak now

  • Written by David E. Bloom, Professor of Economics and Demography, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Residents of Hong Kong wear masks as they make their commutes. AP Photo/Kin Cheung

The coronavirus outbreak is officially a crisis – let’s not waste it.

Undeniably, the international community is taking the matter very seriously, as it should given that the death total from the COVID-19 epidemic already well surpasses that from SARS in...

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