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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
mysterious and deadly new epidemic called Disease X that could kill millions around the world
2018-03-11
[MIRROR.CO.UK] An unknown and deadly new illness dubbed Disease X has been added to the list of potential global epidemics that could kill millions.

Each year scientists with the World Health Organisation (WHO) create a list of the most likely diseases to break out into a worldwide pandemic.

This year, among the familiar Ebola, SARS, and Zika viruses is the new name of Disease X.

And unlike the other pathogens, it is not known what causes Disease X or how doctors could try to treat it.

Researchers said that they added Disease X to the threat list to recognise the fact that the next deadly pandemic could be started by an illness that has not caused any problems before.
Posted by:Fred

#12  #4 File under - we need more funding.

Also:

Don't restrict mass immigration from known disease vectors and shitholes, because hey, there's no way to predict these things.
Posted by: charger   2018-03-11 15:42  

#11  Uhm...see German Measles and Amniotic Banding
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-03-11 15:42  

#10  The sky is falling! The sky is falling!! Well - it could!!!
Posted by: KBK   2018-03-11 14:28  

#9  IMO, we're talking about requests for funds here. That is "Suppose we hit by disease X - we need another 10 billion $".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-03-11 11:37  

#8  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diseases_(X) That's a big list.
Posted by: Dale   2018-03-11 11:28  

#7  The WHO is trying to get money for something that doesn't exist? That reads like it defines a scam.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-03-11 11:23  

#6  Apparently, we don't do that whole Germ Theory of Disease thing anymore. But do give us money though.

Also, the sky is falling! Or could fall, at some point in the future from some cause we are not aware of. Did I mention send money?
Posted by: SteveS   2018-03-11 10:59  

#5  "could be started by an illness that has not caused any problems before"
So, they've basically just admitted that they don't know why any of this happens at all. Right?
Posted by: ed in texas   2018-03-11 10:33  

#4  File under - we need more funding.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-03-11 09:40  

#3  So, they just discovered that if you have an X chromosome, you are going to die?
Posted by: Beau   2018-03-11 08:59  

#2  to recognise the fact that the next deadly pandemic could be started by an illness that has not caused any problems before.

So Disease X doesn't actually exist and the placement is simply a 'placeholder'?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2018-03-11 08:30  

#1  um...so it's the "Global Warming" of diseases?
Posted by: Mercutio   2018-03-11 07:05  

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