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Mainstream pandemic preparedness resources are concentrated on known high-risk pathogens (such as influenza, coronaviruses, Ebola, etc.), but what could truly cause civilization-level impact may be pathogens that are ecologically extremely peculiar and whose transmission mechanisms are hard to predict.
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10/12/2026
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