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“social distancing”
― Foreign Affairs Magazine, The Next Pandemic: Why the World Was Not Prepared for COVID-19

“good way to measure the power of a theory is to look at the scale and intensity and quality of the debate it provokes; on those grounds, “Clash” is one of the most powerful theoretical contributions in recent generations, and we are proud to have been present at its creation.”
― Foreign Affairs Magazine, The Clash of Civilizations? The Debate

“But on January 29, Peter Navarro, Trump’s trade adviser, wrote a memo to the National Security Council warning that when the coronavirus in China reached U.S. soil, it could risk the health or lives of millions and cost the economy trillions of dollars.”
― Foreign Affairs Magazine, The Next Pandemic: Why the World Was Not Prepared for COVID-19

“Navarro sent an even more urgent memo on February 23, according to The New York Times, pointing to an “increasing probability of a full-blown COVID-19 pandemic that could infect as many as 100 million Americans, with a loss of life of as many as 1–2 million souls.”
― Foreign Affairs Magazine, The Next Pandemic: Why the World Was Not Prepared for COVID-19

“There is no question that the Chinese government suppressed information during the first weeks of the outbreak,”
― Foreign Affairs Magazine, The Next Pandemic: Why the World Was Not Prepared for COVID-19

“the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy published its first description of the mystery disease on December 31 and publicly identified it as a novel coronavirus on January 8.”
― Foreign Affairs Magazine, The Next Pandemic: Why the World Was Not Prepared for COVID-19