MedPage Today April 11, 2021
— It comes down to the collective investment the world is willing to make
On Dec. 31, 2019, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) office in China noted a report of cases of “viral pneumonia” on the website of the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission. Earlier that same month, there was another important milestone: at its headquarters in Geneva, the WHO celebrated the 40th anniversary of the confirmation of the eradication of smallpox. As more and more people receive vaccines and with steep declines in the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide, what does the end of this pandemic look like? Will we also win freedom from this virus?
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