START OF EACH NEW EMERGING VIRUS THREAD –
LESSONS LEARNED – BILL GATES
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June 6, 2016
“Medical experts do not know if, or where, or how much, or on what trajectory the Zika virus may spread across the United States.”
https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=6528&action=edit
May 15, 2017
EBOLA is back in Africa. Is ZIKA next? Are we prepared?
https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2017/05/ebola-is-back-in-africa-is-zika-next-are-we-prepared/
July 18, 2017
In June WEST NILE was identified nationwide. Today it’s POWASSAN VIRUS. – ARE WE PREPARED FOR A SURGE OF EMERGING MOSQUITO AND TICK BORNE VIRUSES?
https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2017/07/in-june-west-nile-was-identified-nationwide-today-its-powassan-virus-are-we-prepared-for-a-surge-of-emerging-mosquito-and-tick-borne-viruses/
April 16, 2019
PART 1. Candida Auris. Is it ethical for the public not be notified about new “super bugs” in hospitals so they can decide whether or not to go to affected hospitals?
https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2019/04/is-it-ethical-for-the-public-not-be-notified-about-new-super-bugs-in-hospitals-so-they-can-decide-whether-or-not-to-go-to-affected-hospitals/
PART 1. January 21, 2020. CORONAVIRUS. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday confirmed the first U.S. case of a deadly new coronavirus that has killed six people in China.”
http://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2020/01/the-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-on-tuesday-confirmed-the-first-u-s-case-of-a-deadly-new-coronavirus-that-has-killed-six-people-in-china/
POST 264. July 28, 2022. Monkeypox. “The federal response to monkeypox, including the limited testing capacity, has echoes of how public health authorities initially mismanaged Covid-19.”
https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2022/07/post-264-july-30-2022-monkeypox-the-federal-response-to-monkeypox-including-the-limited-testing-capacity-has-echoes-of-how-public-health-authorities-initially-mismanaged-covid-19/
POST 266. August 11, 2022. Polio/ Monkeypox ++. CDC ”..has deployed a federal team to New York to investigate the case of polio detected in Rockland County. ““Based on earlier polio outbreaks, New Yorkers should know that for every one case of paralytic polio observed, there may be hundreds of other people infected..”
https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2022/08/post-266-august-11-2022-polio-monkeypox-cdc-has-deployed-a-federal-team-to-new-york-to-investigate-the-case-of-polio-detected-in-rockland-county-based/
November. 19, 2024
The World Is Watching the U.S. Deal With Bird Flu, and It’s Scary
https://trackingemergingviruses.com/2025/02/19/the-world-is-watching-the-u-s-deal-with-bird-flu-and-its-scary/
February 22, 2025
“Measles Outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico Sicken Nearly 100 People”
https://trackingemergingviruses.com/2025/02/22/measles-outbreaks-in-texas-and-new-mexico-sicken-nearly-100-people/
March 7, 2025
“As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It, U.S. Officials Fear.”
https://trackingemergingviruses.com/2025/03/07/as-ebola-spreads-in-uganda-trump-aid-freeze-hinders-effort-to-contain-it-u-s-officials-fear/
March, 11, 2025
“As tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence of a disease once in decline”
https://trackingemergingviruses.com/2025/03/11/as-tuberculosis-cases-rise-in-the-us-and-worldwide-health-officials-puzzle-over-the-resurgence-of-a-disease-once-in-decline/
LESSONS LEARNED
POST 268. August 23, 2022. PANDEMICS. “The Covid-19 pandemic has been a lesson in speed — the speed at which a novel virus among humans can spread, the speed at which it can rack up fatalities and cripple economies, the speed at which vaccines can be designed and produced, the speed at which misinformation can undermine public health. Amid all that rapidity is a different kind of speed, which drives the rest, like an engine spinning the cars on a nauseating carnival ride: the speed of viral evolution…”
https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2022/08/post-267-august-23-2022-pandemics-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-been-a-lesson-in-speed-the-speed-at-which-a-novel-virus-among-humans-can-spread-the-speed-at-which-it-can-rack-up-fa/
POST 269. August 31, 2022. “Everyone Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth.” (Mike Tyson). Are we in a slow retreat to herd immunity?
https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2022/08/post-269-august-31-2022-everyone-has-a-plan-until-they-get-punched-in-the-mouth-mike-tyson-are-we-in-a-slow-retreat-to-herd-immunity/
POST 267. August 20, 2022. CDC IMPLOSION! Lessons Learned (or not). CDC Director Walensky “…delivered a sweeping rebuke of her agency’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying it had failed to respond quickly enough and needed to be overhauled.”
https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2022/08/post-267-august-20-2022-cdc-implosion-lessons-learned-or-not-cdc-director-walensky-delivered-a-sweeping-rebuke-of-her-agencys-handling-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-sa/
POST 264. July 28, 2022. Monkeypox. “The federal response to monkeypox, including the limited testing capacity, has echoes of how public health authorities initially mismanaged Covid-19.”
https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2022/07/post-264-july-30-2022-monkeypox-the-federal-response-to-monkeypox-including-the-limited-testing-capacity-has-echoes-of-how-public-health-authorities-initially-mismanaged-covid-19/
POST 261. July 14 2022. CORONAVIRUS. A trifecta of threats could breach hospital capacity again! – BA.5, monkeypox, & drug-resistant infections (Acinetobacter and Candida auris)
https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2022/07/post-261-july-14-2022-coronavirus-a-trifecta-of-threats-which-could-breach-hospital-capacity-again-ba-5-monkeypox-drug-resistant-infections-acinetobacter-and-candida-auris/
POST 259. June, 2022. Monkeypox. ”If HIV and Covid-19 were wake-up calls for the government to prioritize public health, monkeypox shows the consequences of hitting the snooze button too many times. HIV showed the importance of creating an infrastructure of health care workers who can provide approachable, competent care for stigmatized infections. Covid-19 revealed the make-or-break nature of coordinated logistics and communications.”
https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2022/06/post-259-june-2022-monkeypox-if-hiv-and-covid-19-were-wake-up-calls-for-the-government-to-prioritize-public-health-monkeypox-shows-the-consequences-of-hitting-the-snooze-button-too-many/
March 26, 2025
Heeding the lessons of COVID-19 in the face of avian influenza
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/health/heeding-the-lessons-of-covid-19-in-the-face-of-avian-influenza
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BILL GATES
January 8, 2018
“We are arguably as vulnerable—or more vulnerable—to another (flu) pandemic as we were in 1918.”
https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2018/01/we-are-arguably-as-vulnerable-or-more-vulnerable-to-another-flu-pandemic-as-we-were-in-1918/
January 23, 2018
“..in a severe (flu) pandemic, the U.S. healthcare system could be overwhelmed in just weeks.
https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2018/01/let-there-be-no-mistake-in-a-severe-flu-pandemic-the-u-s-healthcare-system-could-be-overwhelmed-in-just-weeks/
October 15, 2019
“A SEVERE FLU PANDEMIC… could kill more than 33 million people worldwide in just 250 days.” – “Boy, do we not have our act together.” — Bill Gates”.
https://doctordidyouwashyourhands.com/2019/10/a-severe-flu-pandemic-could-kill-more-than-33-million-people-worldwide-in-just-250-days-boy-do-we-not-have-our-act-together-bill-gates/