Richard Hatchett, epidemiologist: ‘The risk of a pandemic is greater today than it was in 2019’

The world is no better prepared for a pandemic today than it was before COVID-19. On the contrary, the risk is greater. With this warning, Richard Hatchett, executive director of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), summarizes the current state of global health. The American epidemiologist recently visited Madrid to present the new strategy of this international alliance, created in 2017 to accelerate the development of vaccines against emerging infectious threats. His organization is promoting, among other objectives, the so-called 100-day mission: reducing the development time for vaccines against a new pathogen to just over three months.

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