There are dozens of candidate pathogens for the next pandemic. This Oropuche virus reported in Science is one of them.
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.adq8852?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3g0_t8T37sbdlpKOkxQdZryPpz4D_IWjmKKR225PDM5D8XnsdtTBvkuJ4_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw
This virus is composed of three RNA segments, which could be recombinated in the infected cell and it could bring different pathogenicity of the virus. The recombination is thought to occur with another virus as well. It means this virus could be more contagious and/or more pathogenic. So far, it seems not fatal but could change its virulence any time in the future.
In this world of globalism, such a new infective virus could spread all over easily as well as quickly. A country could never be spared with spread of such a pandemic virus whatever quarantine it may carry out. We should deal with it in cooperation with the other countries all over the world. WHO has worked as such an organization. Without it, COVID19 could have been much worse and more devastating than real. WHO has been and will have been an important framework against pandemic.
In addition, deforestation is deemed as a factor causing such epidemic as this Oropuche virus as depicted in the article. Deforestation could result in global warming. Paris agreement is a treaty of world wide wisdome against global warming.
Withdrawal from either of them is a wrong choice for a leadership nation in the world. Egoism of such a country would cause further devastating disaster.
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