Dr. Peter Hotez in September: Experts Are Predicting ‘Disease X’ Is Coming and Will Be Worse than Covid

Reporter Well could the ░░░░░░░░ pandemic make the height ░░░░░░░░ the Covid 19 outbreak ░░░░░░░░ mild That s what ░░░░░░░░ experts are predicting for ░░░░░░░░ s being called disease ░░░░░░░░ Clip starts Hotez So ░░░░░░░░ am very worried that ░░░░░░░░ just don t as ░░░░░░░░ nation we haven t ░░░░░░░░ that commitment to really ░░░░░░░░ protect the American people ░░░░░░░░ voice over We caught ░░░░░░░░ with internationally recognized Dean ░░░░░░░░ the National School of ░░░░░░░░ Medicine at Baylor and ░░░░░░░░ director of the Texas ░░░░░░░░ s Hospital Center for ░░░░░░░░ development Dr Peter Hotez ░░░░░░░░ s traveling to get ░░░░░░░░ take on the topic ░░░░░░░░ We have a likelihood ░░░░░░░░ new pandemic threats what ░░░░░░░░ call the disease X ░░░░░░░░ going to be rising ░░░░░░░░ a regular basis Reporter ░░░░░░░░ over And Dr Hotez ░░░░░░░░ disease X the next ░░░░░░░░ could hit hard whenever ░░░░░░░░ arrives Reporter Why do ░░░░░░░░ think some experts are ░░░░░░░░ the next pandemic will ░░░░░░░░ Covid 19 look like ░░░░░░░░ walk in the park ░░░░░░░░ I ve written about ░░░░░░░░ as well I wrote ░░░░░░░░ The Houston Chronicle a ░░░░░░░░ of months back that ░░░░░░░░ 19 was just the ░░░░░░░░ up act The next ░░░░░░░░ may not be as ░░░░░░░░ but it could be ░░░░░░░░ more severe Reporter voice ░░░░░░░░ After years of pandemics ░░░░░░░░ up including SARS and ░░░░░░░░ early in the 2000s ░░░░░░░░ Ebola in 2014 and ░░░░░░░░ in 2016 and now ░░░░░░░░ ve got Covid 19 ░░░░░░░░ voice over Dr Hotez ░░░░░░░░ that s why the ░░░░░░░░ S Office of Pandemic ░░░░░░░░ was created but he ░░░░░░░░ more should be done ░░░░░░░░ Having the funds available ░░░░░░░░ make countermeasures for new ░░░░░░░░ new vaccines and at ░░░░░░░░ same time being able ░░░░░░░░ support of the virologists ░░░░░░░░ scientists that actually study ░░░░░░░░ pathogens Reporter voice over ░░░░░░░░ are we seeing so ░░░░░░░░ pandemics Hotez It s ░░░░░░░░ of the most common ░░░░░░░░ I m asked It ░░░░░░░░ a confluence of 21st ░░░░░░░░ forces I think one ░░░░░░░░ climate change which is ░░░░░░░░ the migration of animals ░░░░░░░░ transmit these viral pathogens ░░░░░░░░ ends Reporter Now no ░░░░░░░░ knows when disease X ░░░░░░░░ next pandemic will hit ░░░░░░░░ scientists say it is ░░░░░░░░