– Public opinion and [światowi] Leaders need to acknowledge that another pandemic is coming, perhaps sooner than you expect – he said at the city’s Queen Mary Hospital, where he works and lectures. He was quoted by the South China Morning Post.
– Why am I making such a terrifying prediction? Because it’s clear that geopolitics, economics and climate change are changing very quickly, he explained.
According to Prof. Uvena, the new pandemic could kill 400 million people. “If we want to reduce the scale of the impending tragedy, the most important thing is for governments around the world to engage in preventive measures,” he stresses.
Viral Detective
The medical “detective,” as he’s known, has faced complaints throughout his career that affect his license. He described a seafood market in Wuhan, China — where the first cluster of coronavirus cases was detected.
Today, Yuen chooses his words carefully and avoids political topics, but he maintains that understanding the origins of COVID-19 is important.
“It is important to conduct the investigation properly in a more open, transparent manner in order to learn lessons about how to prevent future epidemics,” he said.
“If we don’t talk about it … then if another epidemic comes, we will have to pay a big price again,” he added.
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