The Costs and Benefits of Primary Prevention of Zoonotic Pandemics
3 institutional releases
Published in Science Advances · View the paper (DOI)
A new study suggests that preventing pandemics could save around 1.6 million lives and reduce mortality costs by $10 trillion annually by investing just 5% of the estimated annual economic losses associated with human deaths from COVID into environmental protection and early-stage disease surveillance.
Coverage from 3 institutions
- Preventing pandemics costs far less than controlling them Duke University · Feb 4, 2022 · first to report
- Research shows actions to prevent pandemics cost 5% of lives lost every year from emerging infectious diseases Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health · Feb 4, 2022
- Harvard Chan research shows actions to prevent pandemics cost 5% of lives lost every year from emerging infectious diseases Harvard Chan C-CHANGE · Feb 4, 2022