It's time to start rethinking disease threats.

Alongside the discussion about tightening biosecurity, there’s also a growing awareness among experts that there may be a deeper problem at play. Alex de Waal — the executive director of the World Peace Foundation — reflects on why the mindset that helped fight the current pandemic is what got us into a situation like this in the first place.

Michael Satow

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