1 Fellow Geneva Centre for Security Policy (Geneva, Switzerland), Governor University College London Hospital/NHS Trust (London, UK), Global Director of Public Health, Bloomsbury Primary Care (London, UK)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/fhi/18/5
Received: 25 November 2022 / Accepted: 8 December 2022 / Published: 15 December 2022
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Keywords: pandemic, global health security, RNA virus, WHO, gain of function, Yersinia pestis, black death, pathogens
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