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Where Things Stand: Preparing For The Next Pandemic Prime Badge
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03.30.21 | 1:21 pm

The global community has taken significant steps in the last week to try to properly arm the world against the inevitability of another pandemic. In a letter published in newspapers around the world, 24 world leaders — including UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, German chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron — made the case for some form of a global treaty for pandemics, arguing COVID-19 was “a stark and painful reminder that nobody is safe until everyone is safe.”

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Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, seen at the Gate of Death area ahead of the official ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the former Nazi-German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II - Birkenau. On Monday, January 27, 2020, in Auschwitz II-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Poland. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto) Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, seen at the Gate of Death area ahead of the official ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the former Nazi-German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II - Birkenau. On Monday, January 27, 2020, in Auschwitz II-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Poland. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2020/05/30: Governor Andrew Cuomo makes an announcement and holds media briefing on COVID-19 response and comments on violent protests on George Flyod death in the city at New Settlement Community Center, Bronx. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2020/05/30: Governor Andrew Cuomo makes an announcement and holds media briefing on COVID-19 response and comments on violent protests on George Flyod death in the city at New Settlement Community Center, Bronx. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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