COVID-19 and emerging infectious diseases: The society is still unprepared for the next pandemic

Frutos Roger, Gavotte Laurent, Serra-Cobo Jordi, Chen Tianmu, Devaux Christian A.. 2021. COVID-19 and emerging infectious diseases: The society is still unprepared for the next pandemic. Environmental Research, 202:111676, 4 p.

Quartile : Q1, Sujet : ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES / Quartile : Q1, Sujet : PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (Science)

Liste HCERES des revues (en SHS) : oui

Thème(s) HCERES des revues (en SHS) : Psychologie-éthologie-ergonomie

Résumé : The whole human society was caught unprepared by the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and the related COVID-19 pandemic. This should have not been. We already had on hand all information to organize properly and prevent this emergence. However, this information was never translated into preparedness because the current system of sanitary crises management is not adapted. We keep implementing a medical, symptomatic, post-emergence approach which cannot stop an emerging pandemic. The only preventive action considered is the screening for viruses in the wild but it is not efficient since pandemic viruses do not exist in the wild, and indeed, have never been found. The emergence of a viral pandemic is the result of a double accident: the in-host evolution of the causative virus and its amplification to the epidemic threshold by societal factors. To be prepared the society should target this societal dimension of emerging diseases and organize accordingly. Unfortunately, the society is not organized that way and is still unprepared and vulnerable.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : covid-19, pandémie, coronavirus 2 du syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère, maladie de l'homme, maladie infectieuse, transmission des maladies, genre humain, épidémie

Mots-clés libres : COVID-19, Pandemics, Preparedness, Society, Emerging diseases

Agences de financement européennes : European Commission

Agences de financement hors UE : Science and Technology Program of Fujian Province, Coronavirus Prevention and Control Emergency Tackling Special Topic Program

Programme de financement européen : H2020

Auteurs et affiliations

• Frutos Roger, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR INTERTRYP (FRA) - auteur correspondant
• Gavotte Laurent, Université de Montpellier (FRA)
• Serra-Cobo Jordi, Universitat de Barcelona (ESP)
• Chen Tianmu, Xiamen University (CHN)
• Devaux Christian A., CNRS (FRA)

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/605905/)

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