Anyone heard about this yet?  I am on twitter and getting news that the WHO is meeting on Disease X on Jan 17.  The note quotes WHO stating that an unknown Disease X could result in 20 times more fatalities than coronovirus.  I have been super busy at work so not paying attention but didn't see anything on here about it.  Anyone?

[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_X[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_X ;

Disease X is a placeholder name that was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in February 2018 on their shortlist of blueprint priority diseases to represent a hypothetical, unknown pathogen that could cause a future epidemic.^[4][5] The WHO adopted the placeholder name to ensure that their planning was sufficiently flexible to adapt to an unknown pathogen (e.g., broader vaccines and manufacturing facilities).^[4][6] Director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci stated that the concept of Disease X would encourage WHO projects to focus their research efforts on entire classes of viruses (e.g., flaviviruses), instead of just individual strains (e.g., zika virus), thus improving WHO capability to respond to unforeseen strains.^[7] In 2020, experts, including some of the WHO's own expert advisors, speculated that COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus strain, met the requirements to be the first Disease X.^[1][2][3]

and [url]https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/preparing-for-a-disease-x/[/url] or https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/preparing-for-a-disease-x/ 

January 17, 202411:30–12:15CET

DJ, So

-YES there are talks on january 17

-YES it is about disease "X" 

-NO !!!! Disease "X" for now is a theory/model to prepare for a much worse pandemic

-???? Is CoViD moving towards "disease X" ? Is the out come of CoViD opening the door to a mix of diseases/a multi disease pandemic ? 

My far from perfect view; CoViD is out of control, Long CoViD is growing fast, new variants may not be stopped (enough)  by present vaccines...So WHO etc. may be discussing plans how to deal with the present CoViD crisis getting (much) worse...

Michael

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As predictably predictable as it gets, a new and potentially supremely fit sub-variant - JN.1.11 has already emerged (likely out of India). Sequences going global now.

DJ, it may be a combination of diseases...CoViD opening the door to flu...so lots of people get very ill and healthcare runs out of capacity...

[url]https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/covid-19-news-worrisome-jn-1-indian-sub-lineage-jn-1-11-that-thailand-medical-news-warned-about-is-now-increasing-in-spread-across-india[/url] or https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/covid-19-news-worrisome-jn-1-indian-sub-lineage-jn-1-11-that-thailand-medical-news-warned-about-is-now-increasing-in-spread-across-india 

I do -indeed- think the timing is NOT a coincidence...there may be very major concerns on how to deal with what may be already moving...

Maybe people catch different forms of CoViD ? "SARS-3...AND SARS-4 AND SARS-5" all at pandemic level...calling it all "O-micron" may no longer work...

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noNa3WUGpC8[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noNa3WUGpC8  ;Dr. John Campbell

Disease X is looming https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/0... 

The world needs to be better prepared to tackle a future pandemic, By mapping viruses with the potential to become the next “Disease X”, the global health community and governments can be more responsive the next time a pandemic looms 

Global collaboration and adequate funding are needed to improve pandemic preparedness and ensure fast action to keep a viral outbreak at bay “You can get a long way towards being able to produce something that will target a novel virus before that virus even emerges.” 

“It’s a virus that we don't know yet, but we do know is out there, and we do know has the potential to spill over from an animal population potentially into humans, perhaps mutate or adapt itself and then begin spreading and killing people faster than we can contain it.” … carrying out research and vaccine development for known viral “families” that could impact humans – of which there are 25 – would give humanity a decided advantage over the next Disease X.

DJ from minute 4...

link [url]https://pure.johnshopkins.edu/en/publications/the-spars-pandemic-20252028-a-futuristic-scenario-to-facilitate-m[/url] or https://pure.johnshopkins.edu/en/publications/the-spars-pandemic-20252028-a-futuristic-scenario-to-facilitate-m 

The SPARS Pandemic 2025–2028: A Futuristic Scenario to Facilitate Medical Countermeasure Communication

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DJ, The WHO presentation on the World Economic Forum in Davos-Switzerland will have been planned months ago-I think...(There may not be much room for last minute changes unless it is very urgent.)

However -in communications- governments NOW !!!! have to change the story from "post CoViD pandemic fantasy" to "we are losing control over an ongoing pandemic"...

One trick can be "it is a completely new disease"...mixed with (again) blame games; "almighty Putin did it", China (lab-leak story..so far without real proof)....

Reality is "living with CoViD" in farm animals did NOT work...Non sterilizing vaccines only buy time but result in new immunity evading variants...so "vaccines only" did see BILLIONS of taxpayer money go to Big Pharma (shareholders...buying politicians)...Like lack of action in 2019/20 did make CoViD-19 a pandemic "wave two" of CoViD-19 is the outcome of bad policies...

"Disease-X" in fact is a political disease -greed instead of science- curing that disease requires other "steps"...

Just a note, 

Some idiots think that this is one of the four horsemen of the end times. It is a theory. We need to prep like nuts.

I agree that we have to die of something, but I keep remembering the closing scene of some film I saw years ago. I can't remember what the film was or even what it was about, but there was some kind of monster that was killing everyone and in the closing scene, the family the film had been following were escaping in their car. They got engulfed in smoke or fog and could hear these awful sounds of these creatures all around them, so the parents looked at each other, and the father took out a gun and shot each of their children and then his wife, and just as he's about to shoot himself, the smoke clears and suddenly he sees the US army outside his car killing these things. If only he had held out 2 minutes more........

So I think about that and think we have to try to hold out just that bit longer..............hence we should all prep.

KiwiMum wrote: I agree that we have to die of something, but I keep remembering the closing scene of some film I saw years ago. I can't remember what the film was or even what it was about, but there was some kind of monster that was killing everyone and in the closing scene, the family the film had been following were escaping in their car. They got engulfed in smoke or fog and could hear these awful sounds of these creatures all around them, so the parents looked at each other, and the father took out a gun and shot each of their children and then his wife, and just as he's about to shoot himself, the smoke clears and suddenly he sees the US army outside his car killing these things. If only he had held out 2 minutes more........ So I think about that and think we have to try to hold out just that bit longer..............hence we should all prep.

There are entirely too many variables to account for given the uncertainty of what a SHTF scenario maybe consist of to ensure survival in the long term. That said doesn't hurt to have enough preps/contingency plans on hand to ride out short to medium term scenarios. Honestly it all comes down to luck, not saying preps aren't like 4 aces in a hand but luck is that last card that you draw in a hand that gives you a royal flush to win. And you play to win right down to the last card.

And as recent past history has shown the biggest threat after a SHTF scenario most likely will be people and how they react collectively and individually. So act accordingly.

Gonna be down in your neck of the woods next week, well Fiji anyway. Going island hopping for 3 weeks and doing some fishing. Crossing my fingers on some sunshine being included.

A-I wrote: The film you reference was called "The Fog"  written by Stephen King. Correction it was called " The Mist " Gonna be down in your neck of the woods next week, well Fiji anyway. Going island hopping for 3 weeks and doing some fishing. Crossing my fingers on some sunshine being included.

Thanks A-I, I never want to see that film again! That or the The Road. Too scary for me. Ha Ha.

Have a great time in Fiji next week. It's been a hot summer here so far, in fact this morning I'm a bit dehydrated from rushing around in the heat yesterday. I hope the fishing is good.

[url]https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2403091311/[/url] or https://www.shine.cn/news/nation/2403091311/ ;

China will draw on the experience of COVID-19 prevention and control, and make proactive preparations for future pandemics such as "Disease X," which the World Health Organization has warned could be a next global public health threat, said a health official on Saturday.

Wang Hesheng, chief of the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration, told a press conference that China will firmly maintain a worst-scenario thinking, refine the mechanism for switching between routine and emergency responses, enhance its multi-channel monitoring and early warning system, and promote forward-looking research on infectious diseases to strengthen preparedness for future pandemics.

In response to a question related to "Disease X," Wang said this yet-to-come epidemic caused by a hypothetical, unknown pathogen has aroused great concerns globally due to its deadly nature, quick spread, mutation ability and huge uncertainties.

It will present unpredictable challenges and pose a growing pandemic risk due to climate change, expansion of human activities, and cross-species pathogen transmission, according to the official.

"Although the occurrence of 'Disease X' pathogen is difficult to avoid, there will be ways to contain the potential pandemics resulting from it," he said.

China will actively participate in global public health governance, promote cooperation with international organizations such as the WHO, and other countries, and actively participate in the formulation of a pandemic-themed convention, Wang said.

He also noted that the prevention and control of infectious diseases in China has achieved remarkable results.

The country has eliminated a series of infectious diseases, with malaria in 2021 as the latest one. Preventable infectious diseases, such as meningitis, have dropped to historically low levels, Wang said.

In addition, several major infectious diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, and schistosomiasis, have been controlled effectively.

The transmission of HIV/AIDS through blood transfusion and blood products has been essentially blocked, and mother-to-child transmission and transmission through drug injection have reached historical lows, said Wang.

DJ [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopolises_in_China[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopolises_in_China 

The Yangtze River Delta Megalopolis has a population of 240 million, "greater Hong Kong"area 70 million...spread of population in China is not equal...Even with giving healthcare top-priority mega-cities worldwide bring risks...More developed countries see much more travel=spread of diseases...