Could Curbing Globalization Prevent Future Pandemics?

Moving Beyond Pandemic by Migration Policy Institute (Meghan Benton)

Dec 17, 202030:10Government & Organizations

Pre-COVID-19, we lived in a hyper-global world. There were 1.5 billion international tourism trips annually, nearly 40 million flights, and 272 million international migrants. This raises a provocative question: Does int...

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