WHO Chief Warns of ‘Disease X,’ Pushes for Pandemic Treaty

The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) again issued a warning about a so-called “Disease X” pandemic, saying it’s a “matter of when, not if.” At the World Government Summit, held in the United Arab Emirates last week, Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus claimed to members that his prior predictions about a virus like COVID-19 came true. He again said that the international community is unprepared for another pandemic. “Today I stand before you in the aftermath of COVID-19 with millions of people dead, with social, economic, and political shocks that reverberate to this day,” the health official said to the crowd, which included controversial World Economic Forum Chairman Klaus Schwab....